Apple 30-Core M2 Max vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Full Specs

Summary

3,840 Shaders 1.4GHz	16,384 Shaders 2.52GHz
Shared Memory409.6GB/sLPDDR5	24GB GDDR6X1.01TB/s placeholder
Peak·FP32·FP16 10.74 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 82.58 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor PCIe Card
TDP Shared	TDP 450W
Power Connectors -	Power Connectors 1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 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 Tensor INT4 Memory Bandwidth TDP

30-Core M2 Max10.74 TFLOPSFP16

x1

GeForce RTX 40902.64 POPSINT4 Tensor Sparse

x246.11

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1398MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed2520MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 10.74 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 2.64 POPSINT4 Tensor Sparse
-	Tensor FP8-16 660.6 TFLOPS FP8-16 Tensor Sparse 1.32 PFLOPS Tensor FP8-32 330.3 TFLOPS FP8-32 Tensor Sparse 660.6 TFLOPS
-	Tensor FP16-16 330.3 TFLOPS FP16-16 Tensor Sparse 660.6 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 165.2 TFLOPS FP16-32 Tensor Sparse 330.3 TFLOPS
-	BF16 82.58 TFLOPS Tensor BF16 165.2 TFLOPS BF16 Tensor Sparse 330.3 TFLOPS
Tensor TF32 -	Tensor TF32 82.58 TFLOPS
FP32 10.74 TFLOPS	FP32 82.58 TFLOPS
-	FP64 1.29 TFLOPS
Tensor INT4 -	Tensor INT4 1.32 POPS
-	Tensor INT8 660.6 TOPS
Ray -	Ray 190.9 TOPS
Pixel Rate 167.8 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 443.5 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 335.5 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 1.29 TTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 3,840 Shaders	Shaders 16,384 Shaders
TMUs 240 TMUs	TMUs 512 TMUs
ROPs 120 ROPs	ROPs 176 ROPs
Tensor Cores -	Tensor Cores 512 T-Cores
RT Cores -	RT Cores 128 RT-Cores
EUs 480 EUs	SMs 128 SMs

Clocks

Base Clock -	Base Clock 2.23GHz
Boost Clock 1.4GHz	Boost Clock 2.52GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 8.2MB shared

L2 Cache 73.7MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5	24GB GDDR6X placeholder
Memory Bus 512-bit	Memory Bus 384-bit
Memory Speed 6.4GT/s	Memory Speed 21GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 409.6GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 1.01TB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP Shared	TDP 450W
Max Temp -	Max Temp 90°C Max

Video Output

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

Ports

-	3x DisplayPort 1.4
-	1x HDMI 2.1

Encoder

Encoder Model 2x Apple Media Engine 2

Encoder Model 2x NVENC 8

Decoder

Decoder Model Apple Media Engine 2

Decoder Model NVDEC 5

Card

Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor PCIe Card
PCIe -	PCIe 3-Slots
-	Height 137 mm (5.39") Width 304 mm (11.97") Depth 61 mm (2.4")
Cooling Open-Air -	Cooling Open-Air 2x Fans
Power Connectors -	Power Connectors 1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer NVIDIA
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer NVIDIA
Architecture Apple Gen 5	Architecture Ada Lovelace
Family M Series	Family GeForce 40
Branding	Branding
Codename G14C	Codename NV182
Chip Variant -	Chip Variant AD102-200-A1
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Jan 17, 2023	Release Date Oct 12, 2022

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N5P	Fabrication Node 4N
Die Size 486mm²	Die Size 608mm²
Transistor Count 67 Billion	Transistor Count 76.3 Billion
Transistor Density 138 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 125.4 MTr/mm²

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Used In

CPUs M2 Max (12C30G)	CPUs -
Laptops MacBook Pro 14(M2 Max, Early 2023)MacBook Pro 16(M2 Max, Early 2023)	Laptops -
Desktops Mac Studio(M2 Max, Mid 2023)	Desktops OMEN 35L(Late 2024)OMEN 45L(Late 2024)Tinybox Green(Mid 2024)

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