Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU vs Xbox One X GPU

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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
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)no data
GPU code nameScorpiono data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 November 2017 (7 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 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 cores256038
Core clock speed1172 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,000 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt53 Watt
Texture fill rate187.5no data
Floating-point processing power6.001 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs160no 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
InterfaceIGPno 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 amount12 GBno data
Memory bus width384 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1700 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth326.4 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_0)no data
Shader Model6.0no data
OpenGLN/Ano data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 November 2017 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 16 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 53 Watt

Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU has an age advantage of 5 years, a 220% more advanced lithography process, and 183% lower power consumption.

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


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