Apple 40-Core M3 Max vs NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Full Specs

Summary

5,120 Shaders 1.38GHz	4,352 Shaders 1.95GHz
Shared Memory409.6GB/sLPDDR5	16GB GDDR7288GB/s placeholder
Peak·FP32·FP16 14.13 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 16.97 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor Soldered
TDP Shared	TDP 70W

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 TDP

40-Core M3 Max14.13 TFLOPSFP16

x1

RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell543.1 TFLOPSFP4 Tensor Sparse

x38.43

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1380MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1950MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 14.13 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 543.1 TFLOPSFP4 Tensor Sparse
-	Tensor FP4 271.6 TFLOPS FP4 Tensor Sparse 543.1 TFLOPS
-	Tensor FP8-16 135.8 TFLOPS FP8-16 Tensor Sparse 271.6 TFLOPS Tensor FP8-32 67.89 TFLOPS FP8-32 Tensor Sparse 135.8 TFLOPS
-	Tensor FP16-16 67.89 TFLOPS FP16-16 Tensor Sparse 135.8 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 33.95 TFLOPS FP16-32 Tensor Sparse 67.89 TFLOPS
-	BF16 16.97 TFLOPS Tensor BF16 33.95 TFLOPS BF16 Tensor Sparse 67.89 TFLOPS
Tensor TF32 -	Tensor TF32 16.97 TFLOPS
FP32 14.13 TFLOPS	FP32 16.97 TFLOPS
-	FP64 265.2 GFLOPS
-	Tensor INT8 135.8 TOPS
Ray -	Ray 51.48 TOPS
Pixel Rate 220.8 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 124.8 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 441.6 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 265.2 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 5,120 Shaders	Shaders 4,352 Shaders
TMUs 320 TMUs	TMUs 136 TMUs
ROPs 160 ROPs	ROPs 64 ROPs
Tensor Cores -	Tensor Cores 136 T-Cores
RT Cores 40 RT-Cores	RT Cores 34 RT-Cores
EUs 640 EUs	SMs 34 SMs

Clocks

Base Clock -	Base Clock 790MHz
Boost Clock 1.38GHz	Boost Clock 1.95GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 8.2MB shared

L2 Cache 32.8MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5	16GB GDDR7 placeholder
Memory Bus 512-bit	Memory Bus 128-bit
Memory Speed 6.4GT/s	Memory Speed 18GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 409.6GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 288GB/s
ECC -	ECC Yes

Power & Thermals

TDP Shared

TDP 70W

Video Output

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

Ports

-	4x DisplayPort 2.1

Encoder

Encoder Model 2x Apple Media Engine 3

Encoder Model NVENC 9

Decoder

Decoder Model Apple Media Engine 3

Decoder Model NVDEC 6

Card

Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor Soldered
PCIe -	PCIe 1-Slots
-	Height 69 mm (2.72") Width 167 mm (6.58") Depth 20 mm (0.79")
Cooling Open-Air -	Cooling Blower 1x Fan

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer NVIDIA
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer NVIDIA
Architecture Apple Gen 6	Architecture Blackwell
Family M Series	Family RTX PRO Blackwell
Branding	Branding
Codename G15M	Codename NV196
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Workstation
Release Date Oct 30, 2023	Release Date Aug 11, 2025

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3B	Fabrication Node 4NP
Die Size 477mm²	Die Size 183mm²
Transistor Count 92 Billion	Transistor Count 23 Billion
Transistor Density 193 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 125.7 MTr/mm²

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Used In

CPUs M3 Max (16C40G)	CPUs -
Laptops MacBook Pro 16(M3 Max, Late 2023)MacBook Pro 14(M3 Max, Late 2023)	Laptops -

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