32-Core M4 Max vs 8-Core A12Z
            32-Core M4 Max
            
                
            
        
    
            8-Core A12Z
            
                
            
        
    | 4096 Shaders Shared Memory 1678MHz | 512 Shaders Shared Memory 1125MHz | 
| Peak AI Performance 13.74 TFLOPS FP16 | Peak AI Performance 1.15 TFLOPS FP16 | 
| FP32 13.74 TFLOPS | FP32 1.15 TFLOPS | 
| FP16 13.74 TFLOPS | FP16 1.15 TFLOPS | 
| Form Factor iGPU - | Form Factor iGPU - | 
| TDP Shared | TDP Shared | 
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| GB6 OpenCL N/A 0% | GB6 OpenCL N/A 0% | 
| GB6 Metal N/A 0% | GB6 Metal N/A 0% | 
| GB6 Vulkan N/A 0% | GB6 Vulkan N/A 0% | 
| GB5 OpenCL N/A 0% | GB5 OpenCL N/A 0% | 
| GB5 CUDA N/A 0% | GB5 CUDA N/A 0% | 
| GB5 Metal N/A 0% | GB5 Metal 11,900 7% | 
| GB5 Vulkan N/A 0% | GB5 Vulkan N/A 0% | 
| OCT 2020.1 N/A 0% | OCT 2020.1 N/A 0% | 
| OCT Metal N/A 0% | OCT Metal N/A 0% | 
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| Pixel
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                                            214.733 GPixel/s
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                                            18 GPixel/s
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| Texture
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                                            429.466 GTexel/s
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                                            36 GTexel/s
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| ManufacturerApple | ManufacturerApple | 
| Chip DesignerApple | Chip DesignerApple | 
| ArchitectureApple Gen 7 | ArchitectureApple Gen 2 | 
| FamilyM Series | FamilyA Series | 
| Codename G16M M4 Max - - | Codename G11G A12Z Bionic - - | 
| Market Segment Laptop | Market Segment Tablet | 
| Release Date 10/30/2024 | Release Date 3/25/2020 | 
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| Form iGPU | Form iGPU | 
| Shading Units 4096 Shaders - | Shading Units 512 Shaders - | 
| Texture Mapping Units 256 TMUs | Texture Mapping Units 32 TMUs | 
| Render Output Units 128 ROPs | Render Output Units 16 ROPs | 
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| Ray-Tracing Cores 32 RT-Cores | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| Execution Units 512 EUs | Execution Units 64 EUs | 
| Graphics Processing Clusters 32 GPCs | Graphics Processing Clusters 8 GPCs | 
| - - - 1678MHz | - - - 1125MHz | 
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| L1 - - - Unknown | L1 - - - Unknown | 
| L2 Unknown | L2 Unknown | 
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| Shared Memory - - | Shared Memory - - | 
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| TDP Shared | TDP Shared | 
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| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - No Ports | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - No Ports | 
| Max Resolution 7680x4320 | Max Resolution 3840x2160 | 
| Max Resolution Refresh Rate 120Hz | Max Resolution Refresh Rate 60Hz | 
| Variable Refresh Rate - - - | Variable Refresh Rate - - - | 
| Display Stream Compression (DSC) Supported | Display Stream Compression (DSC) Not Supported | 
| Multi Monitor Support 4 | Multi Monitor Support 1 | 
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| Model 2x Apple Media Engine 3 | No Encoders - | 
| Codec - - - - - - - - AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - - ProRes ProRes Raw | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 
| Model 2x Apple Media Engine 3 | No Decoders | 
| Codec - - - - - - - - AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - AV1 ProRes ProRes Raw | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 
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