Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU vs Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB

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
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)no data
GPU code nameGP100no data
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,599 no data

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 cores358438
Core clock speed1190 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1329 MHzno data
Number of transistors15,300 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt53 Watt
Texture fill rate297.7no data
Floating-point processing power9.526 TFLOPSno data
ROPs96no data
TMUs224no data

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
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 typeHBM2LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount12 GBno data
Memory bus width3072 Bitno data
Memory clock speed715 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth549.1 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA6.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 June 2016 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 16 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 53 Watt

Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU has an age advantage of 6 years, a 220% more advanced lithography process, and 371.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB and Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB is a workstation card while Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB
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Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU
M2 Max 38-Core GPU

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