30-Core M3 Max vs NVIDIA GeForce MX550

30-Core M3 Max
NVIDIA GeForce MX550
3840 Shaders
Shared Memory
1398MHz
1024 Shaders
2GB GDDR6
1320MHz
Peak AI Performance
10.74 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
5.41 TFLOPS
FP16
FP32
10.74 TFLOPS
FP32
2.7 TFLOPS
FP16
10.74 TFLOPS
FP16
5.41 TFLOPS
Form Factor
iGPU
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
Shared
TDP
25W
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 76,805
25%
GB5 OpenCL 31,280
10%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA 36,190
10%
GB5 Metal 85,880
48%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 28,095
14%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 60
8%
OCT Metal N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
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Manufacturer
Apple
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
Apple
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Apple Gen 6
Architecture
Turing
Family
M Series
Family
GeForce MX
Codename
G16C
M3 Max
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Codename
NV167
TU117
Variant
GN18-S5-A1
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
10/30/2023
Release Date
3/1/2022
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
12FFN
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Die Size
200 mm²
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Transistor Count
4.7 Billion
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Transistor Density
23.50M/mm²
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Form
iGPU
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
3840 Shaders
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Shading Units
1024 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
240 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
32 TMUs
Render Output Units
120 ROPs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
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Ray-Tracing Cores
30 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
8 SMs
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Execution Units
480 EUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
30 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
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1398MHz
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1065MHz Base
1320MHz
Peak AI Performance
10.74 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
5.41 TFLOPS
FP16
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FP16
10.74 TFLOPS
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FP16
5.41 TFLOPS
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FP32
10.74 TFLOPS
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FP32
2.7 TFLOPS
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FP64
80 GFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
167.76 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
21.12 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
335.52 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
42.24 GTexel/s
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L1
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L1
32KB/SM Tex
64KB/SM
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L2
Unknown
L2
1MB Shared
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Shared Memory
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2GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
64Bit
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Clock
1500MHz
Transfer Rate
12GT/s
Bandwidth
96GB/s
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TDP
Shared
TDP
25W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
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Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
Model
2x Apple Media Engine 3
No Encoders
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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ProRes
ProRes Raw
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Model
Apple Media Engine 3
No Decoders
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
ProRes
ProRes Raw
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
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OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
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Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
7.5
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PureVideo HD
VP10
VDPAU
Feature Set J
Not a Card
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Not a Card
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PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
4
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Change Comparison