Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) vs GeForce RTX 5080

[ VERDICT ] Winner: GeForce RTX 5080 (84/100)

GeForce RTX 5080 leads overall with a score of 84/100 compared to Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) (38/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (75 vs 48)
Why choose GeForce RTX 5080:
  • + Higher Gaming score (88 vs 26)
Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core)
Apple

Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core)

38/100
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[ WINNER ]
GeForce RTX 5080
GeForce

GeForce RTX 5080

84/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) GeForce RTX 5080
Efficiency 75.0 Good WINNER 48.0 Poor
Gaming 26.0 Poor 88.0 Very Good WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

3D Mark

3D Mark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) GeForce RTX 5080
Solar Bay 30368 161489
Wild Life Extreme 24948 69617
Fire Strike — 75605
Night Raid — 199650
Port Royal — 23275
Time Spy — 33000

API

API specifications comparison
Specification Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) GeForce RTX 5080
DLSS No DLSS 4
Ray Tracing No Yes
CUDA — 12.0
DirectX — 12.2
DisplayPort — 2.1b
OpenCL — 3.0
OpenGL — 4.6
Vulkan — 1.4

GeekBench 6 ML

GeekBench 6 ML specifications comparison
Specification Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) GeForce RTX 5080
Backend GPU DirectML
Depth Estimation (Q) 31105 69068
Face Detection (HP) 27965 92863
Framework Core ML ONNX
Image Classification (SP) 6657 15441
Image Segmentation (HP) 13854 47173
Image Super Resolution (Q) 18642 43223
Machine Translation (HP) 2052 7905
Object Detection (SP) 6495 20955
Pose Estimation (Q) 83144 202202
Style Transfer (SP) 135686 349205
Text Classification (SP) 2377 3701

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GeekBench 6 OpenCL specifications comparison
Specification Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) GeForce RTX 5080
API OpenCL OpenCL
Background Blur 149 img/sec 319.6 img/sec
Edge Detection 6.88 Gpixels/sec 19.5 Gpixels/sec
Face Detection 98.1 img/sec 225 img/sec
Feature Matching 0.73 Gpixels/sec 2.33 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 4.44 Gpixels/sec 20.4 Gpixels/sec
Horizon Detection 3.8 Gpixels/sec 13.6 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 11144.2 FPS 43676.6 FPS
Stereo Matching 264.9 Gpixels/sec 1750 Gpixels/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) GeForce RTX 5080
Architecture Apple M GPU Blackwell 2.0
Build Integrated Discrete
Case Laptop Desktop
Nvidia Equivalent -GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop —
Purpose Professional Gaming
Released January 17, 2023 January 7, 2025
Segment High-end High-end
Successor -Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) —
Used in CPUs -Apple M2 Max —
Vendor Apple Nvidia
GPU Codename — GB203-400
Launch price (MSRP) — $999
Recommended CPU — -Intel Core Ultra 7 265Kor above

Graphics Processing Unit

Graphics Processing Unit specifications comparison
Specification Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) GeForce RTX 5080
Base Clock 450 MHz 2295 MHz
Boost Clock 1398 MHz 2617 MHz
Compute Units (Pipelines) 608 84
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC
Render Output Units (ROPs) 152 112
Shading Units 4864 10752
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 304 336
L1 Cache — 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache — 64MB shared
Ray-tracing Cores — 84
Tensor Cores — 336

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) GeForce RTX 5080
Bus 512-bit 256-bit
ECC No No
Effective Memory Speed 12800 Mbps 30000 Mbps
Memory Clock 6400 MHz 1875 MHz
Memory Type System Shared GDDR7
Memory Size — 16 GB

Physical

Physical specifications comparison
Specification Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) GeForce RTX 5080
Fabrication Process 5 nm 4 nm
Interface Custom PCIe 5.0 x16
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max. Temperature 94°C —
TGP 70 W 360 W
Transistor Count 52 billion 45.6 billion
Die Size — 378 mm²
Transistor Density — 120.63 MTr/mm²

Raw Performance

Raw Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) GeForce RTX 5080
Pixel Fill Rate 212 GPixel/s 293 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 425 GTexel/s 879 GTexel/s

Games

Games specifications comparison
Specification Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) GeForce RTX 5080
1080p High — 239
1080p Ultra — 205
1440p Ultra — 165
4K Ultra — 96
CoD: Modern Warfare III — 250244197135
Counter-Strike 2 — 31723817887
Cyberpunk 2077 — 21319213861
Far Cry 6 — 19417115597
Forza Horizon 5 — 250186179138
Ghost of Tsushima — 16614212682
Hogwarts Legacy — 18515212467
Margin of Error — Low
Shadow of the Tomb Raider — 306276214111
The Witcher 3 — 27124417290

Passmark Graphics

Passmark Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) GeForce RTX 5080
DirectX 11 — 327 FPS
DirectX 12 — 145 FPS
G2D Mark — 1397
GPU Compute — 19034 Ops/s

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) GeForce RTX 5080
Date — Benchmark
📘 2026-06-01(Nowh) — Cinebench 2024

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