M2 Max (12C30G) vs IBM 2x PowerPC 970FX+ 1.8GHz

M2 Max (12C30G)
IBM 2x PowerPC 970FX+ 1.8GHz
12 Cores
12 Threads
3.66GHz Clock
2 Cores
2 Threads
1.8GHz Clock
Socket
Unknown
Socket
Unknown
iGPU
30-Core M2 Max
10.74 TFLOPS FP32
iGPU
No GPU
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GB6S 2,825
70%
GB6S N/A
0%
GB6M 14,800
55%
GB6M N/A
0%
CB23S 1,710
66%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23M 14,535
34%
CB23M N/A
0%
Manufacturer
Apple
Manufacturer
IBM
Architecture
Apple Silicon 11
Architecture
G5
Family
M Series
Family
G5
Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
Instruction Set (ISA)
PowerPC
Codename
Rhodes-1C
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M2 Max
P-Core
Avalanche
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E-Core
Blizzard
Codename
GP-UL FX
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Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/17/2023
Release Date
1/1/2004
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
IBM
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Node
N5P
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Node
90nm
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Die Size
470 mm²
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Die Size
66 mm²
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Transistor Count
67 Billion
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Transistor Count
58 Million
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Unknown
Unknown
12 Cores
8 P-Cores
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4 E-Cores
2 Cores
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12 Threads
8 P-Threads
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4 E-Threads
2 Threads
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P-Core
3.66GHz
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1.8GHz
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E-Core
2.42GHz
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Overclocking
Locked
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Overclocking
Locked
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Integrated Chipset
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Type
FSB
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Clock
900MHz
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Data Rate
Double
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Transfer Rate
1.8GT/s
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Width
64Bit
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Bandwidth
14.4GB/s
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Bi-directional
28.8GB/s
L0 Instruction
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L0 Instruction
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L0 Data
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L0 Data
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L1 Instruction
192KB/P-Core
6-way set associative
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128KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Instruction
64KB/Core
4-way set associative
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L1 Data
128KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
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64KB/E-Core
2-way set associative
L1 Data
32KB/Core
4-way set associative
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L2
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24MB Shared
12-way set associative
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4MB Shared (E-Core)
16-way set associative
L2
512KB/Core
8-way set associative
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48MB SLC Cache
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Channels
4
No Memory Controller
Max Memory
64GB
ECC
Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel
128Bit
Bus Width
512Bit
Clock
3200MHz
Transfer Rate
6400MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
102.4GB/s
Bandwidth
409.6GB/s
TDP
90W
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TDP
42W
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Temp
100°C Max
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Included Cooler
Not Included
Included Cooler
Not Included
No PCIe
No PCIe
30-Core M2 Max
3840 Shaders
1398MHz
10.74 TFLOPS FP32
No GPU
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No NPU
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16 Cores
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15.8 TOPS FP16
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No Cellular
No Cellular
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