Apple 30-Core M2 Max vs NVIDIA GB10 Full Specs

Summary

3,840 Shaders 1.4GHz	6,144 Shaders 2.52GHz
Shared Memory409.6GB/sLPDDR5	Shared Memory273.1GB/sLPDDR5X
Peak·FP32·FP16 10.74 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 31.03 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
TDP Shared	TDP Shared

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 Tensor FP4 FP4 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP8-16 FP8-16 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP8-32 FP8-32 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP16-16 FP16-16 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP16-32 FP16-32 Tensor Sparse FP64 BF16 Tensor BF16 BF16 Tensor Sparse Tensor TF32 Tensor INT8 Memory Bandwidth

30-Core M2 Max10.74 TFLOPSFP16

x1

GB10992.9 TFLOPSFP4 Tensor Sparse

x92.47

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1398MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed2525MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 10.74 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 992.9 TFLOPSFP4 Tensor Sparse
-	Tensor FP4 496.4 TFLOPS FP4 Tensor Sparse 992.9 TFLOPS
-	Tensor FP8-16 248.2 TFLOPS FP8-16 Tensor Sparse 496.4 TFLOPS Tensor FP8-32 124.1 TFLOPS FP8-32 Tensor Sparse 248.2 TFLOPS
-	Tensor FP16-16 124.1 TFLOPS FP16-16 Tensor Sparse 248.2 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 62.05 TFLOPS FP16-32 Tensor Sparse 124.1 TFLOPS
-	BF16 62.05 TFLOPS Tensor BF16 62.05 TFLOPS BF16 Tensor Sparse 124.1 TFLOPS
Tensor TF32 -	Tensor TF32 31.03 TFLOPS
FP32 10.74 TFLOPS	FP32 31.03 TFLOPS
-	FP64 15.51 TFLOPS
-	Tensor INT8 248.2 TOPS
Ray -	Ray 94.1 TOPS
Pixel Rate 167.8 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 80.8 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 335.5 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 484.8 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 3,840 Shaders	Shaders 6,144 Shaders
TMUs 240 TMUs	TMUs 192 TMUs
ROPs 120 ROPs	ROPs 32 ROPs
Tensor Cores -	Tensor Cores 192 T-Cores
RT Cores -	RT Cores 48 RT-Cores
EUs 480 EUs	SMs 48 SMs

Clocks

Base Clock -	Base Clock 2.42GHz
Boost Clock 1.4GHz	Boost Clock 2.52GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 8.2MB shared

L2 Cache 24.6MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5	Shared MemoryLPDDR5X
Memory Bus 512-bit	Memory Bus 256-bit
Memory Speed 6.4GT/s	Memory Speed 8.5GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 409.6GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 273.1GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 4	Multi-Monitor 4
HDCP -	HDCP HDCP 2.3

Encoder

Encoder Model 2x Apple Media Engine 2

Encoder Model NVENC 9

Decoder

Decoder Model Apple Media Engine 2

Decoder Model NVDEC 6

Card

Form Factor iGPU

Form Factor iGPU

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer NVIDIA
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer NVIDIA
Architecture Apple Gen 5	Architecture Blackwell
Family M Series	Family -
Branding	Branding
Codename G14C	Codename Thor
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Embedded
Release Date Jan 17, 2023	Release Date Jan 6, 2025

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N5P	Fabrication Node N3E
Die Size 486mm²	Die Size -
Transistor Count 67 Billion	Transistor Count -
Transistor Density 138 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density -

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Used In

CPUs M2 Max (12C30G)	CPUs Grace Blackwell GB10
Laptops MacBook Pro 14(M2 Max, Early 2023)MacBook Pro 16(M2 Max, Early 2023)	Laptops -
Desktops Mac Studio(M2 Max, Mid 2023)	Desktops DGX Spark(Late 2025)

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