GPUs

Apple 30-Core M2 Max vs Apple 9-Core M3-FL Full Specs

3,840 Shaders
1.4GHz
1,152 Shaders
1.34GHz
Shared Memory409.6GB/sLPDDR5
Shared Memory102.4GB/sLPDDR5
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10.74 TFLOPS
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3.08 TFLOPS
Form Factor
iGPU
Form Factor
iGPU
TDP
Shared
TDP
Shared

30-Core M2 Max30-Core M2 Max10.74 TFLOPSFP16
x3.48
9-Core M3-FL9-Core M3-FL3.08 TFLOPSFP16
x1

Clock Speed
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Clock Speed
··
Peak OPS
10.74 TFLOPSFP16
Peak OPS
3.08 TFLOPSFP16
FP32
10.74 TFLOPS
FP32
3.08 TFLOPS
Pixel Rate
167.8 GPixel/s
Pixel Rate
48.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
335.5 GTexel/s
Texture Rate
96.3 GTexel/s

Shaders
3,840 Shaders
Shaders
1,152 Shaders
TMUs
240 TMUs
TMUs
72 TMUs
ROPs
120 ROPs
ROPs
36 ROPs
RT Cores
-
RT Cores
9 RT-Cores
EUs
480 EUs
EUs
144 EUs

Boost Clock
1.4GHz
Boost Clock
1.34GHz

L2 Cache
8.2MB shared
L2 Cache
2MB shared

Shared MemoryLPDDR5
Shared MemoryLPDDR5
Memory Bus
512-bit
Memory Bus
128-bit
Memory Speed
6.4GT/s
Memory Speed
6.4GT/s
Memory Bandwidth
409.6GB/s
Memory Bandwidth
102.4GB/s

Multi-Monitor
4
Multi-Monitor
1

Encoder Model
2x Apple Media Engine 2
Encoder Model
Apple Media Engine 3

Decoder Model
Apple Media Engine 2
Decoder Model
Apple Media Engine 3

Form Factor
iGPU
Form Factor
iGPU

Manufacturer
Manufacturer
Chip Designer
Chip Designer
Architecture
Architecture
Family
Family
Branding
M2 Max branding
Branding
M3 branding
Codename
G14C
Codename
G15G
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Tablet
Release Date
Jan 17, 2023
Release Date
Mar 4, 2025

Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
N5P
Fabrication Node
N3B
Die Size
486mm²
Die Size
153mm²
Transistor Count
67 Billion
Transistor Count
25 Billion
Transistor Density
138 MTr/mm²
Transistor Density
164 MTr/mm²

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