Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU vs Tesla M60

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking267not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation7.82no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)no data
GPU code nameGM204no data
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date30 August 2015 (8 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Current price$81 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores204838
Core clock speed557 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1178 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt53 Watt
Texture fill rate150.8no data
Floating-point performance2x 4,833 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Tesla M60 and Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount8 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed5012 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth160.4 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.126no data
CUDA5.2no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 August 2015 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 53 Watt

We couldn't decide between Tesla M60 and Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla M60 is a workstation card while Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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