GK106 and Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU - video card comparison

GK106

Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU

Architecture

Kepler (2012−2018)

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GPU code name

GK106

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Market segment

Desktop

Laptop

Release date

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October 2023

Manufacturing process technology

28 nm

5 nm

Number of transistors

2,540 million

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Pipelines / CUDA cores

960

40

Power consumption (TDP)

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53 Watt

Memory type

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LPDDR5-6400

Shared memory

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DirectX

12 (11_0)

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CUDA

3.0

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OpenCL

3.0

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OpenGL

4.6

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Shader Model

6.5 (5.1)

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Vulkan

1.2.175

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NVENC

1st Gen

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PureVideo HD

VP5

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