Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU vs Tesla P100 SXM2

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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 date5 April 2016 (8 years ago)31 October 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 cores358440
Core clock speed1328 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1480 MHzno data
Number of transistors15,300 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt53 Watt
Texture fill rate331.5no data
Floating-point processing power10.61 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
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 amount16 GBno data
Memory bus width4096 Bitno data
Memory clock speed704 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth720.9 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 5 April 2016 31 October 2023
Chip lithography 16 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 53 Watt

Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU has an age advantage of 7 years, a 220% more advanced lithography process, and 466% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla P100 SXM2 and M3 Max 40-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla P100 SXM2 is a workstation card while Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Tesla P100 SXM2
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