NVIDIA GB10 vs Apple 30-Core M2 Max Full Specs

Summary

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

GB10992.9 TFLOPSFP4 Tensor Sparse

x92.47

30-Core M2 Max10.74 TFLOPSFP16

x1

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Theoretical Performance

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

Core Config

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

Clocks

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

Cache

L2 Cache 24.6MB shared

L2 Cache 8.2MB shared

Memory

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

Video Output

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

Encoder

Encoder Model NVENC 9

Encoder Model 2x Apple Media Engine 2

Decoder

Decoder Model NVDEC 6

Decoder Model Apple Media Engine 2

Card

Form Factor iGPU

Form Factor iGPU

Chip

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

Fabrication

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

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Used In

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

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