Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU vs ATI Radeon Xpress X1200

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
GPU code nameRS690Mno data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 February 2007 (17 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores430
Boost clock speed350 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology80 nm5 nm

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeno dataLPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount128 MBno data
Shared memory+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2007 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 80 nm 5 nm

Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU has an age advantage of 15 years, and a 1500% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon Xpress X1200 and Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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