Apple 30-Core M3 Max vs Apple 38-Core M2 Max Full Specs

Summary

3,840 Shaders 1.38GHz	4,864 Shaders 1.4GHz
Shared Memory307.2GB/sLPDDR5	Shared Memory409.6GB/sLPDDR5
Peak·FP32·FP16 10.6 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 13.6 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
TDP Shared	TDP Shared

Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1380MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1398MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 10.6 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 13.6 TFLOPSFP16
FP32 10.6 TFLOPS	FP32 13.6 TFLOPS
Pixel Rate 165.6 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 212.5 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 331.2 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 425 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 3,840 Shaders	Shaders 4,864 Shaders
TMUs 240 TMUs	TMUs 304 TMUs
ROPs 120 ROPs	ROPs 152 ROPs
RT Cores 30 RT-Cores	RT Cores -
EUs 480 EUs	EUs 608 EUs

Clocks

Boost Clock 1.38GHz

Boost Clock 1.4GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 8MB shared

L2 Cache 8MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5	Shared MemoryLPDDR5
Memory Bus 384-bit	Memory Bus 512-bit
Memory Speed 6.4GT/s	Memory Speed 6.4GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 307.2GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 409.6GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 4

Multi-Monitor 4

Encoder

Encoder Model 2x Apple Media Engine 3	Encoder Model 2x Apple Media Engine 2
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) ProRes	Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) ProRes

Decoder

Decoder Model Apple Media Engine 3	Decoder Model Apple Media Engine 2
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1 ProRes	Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - ProRes

Card

Form Factor iGPU

Form Factor iGPU

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer Apple
Architecture Apple Gen 6	Architecture Apple Gen 5
Family M Series	Family M Series
Branding	Branding
Codename G15M	Codename G14C
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Oct 30, 2023	Release Date Jan 17, 2023

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3B	Fabrication Node N5P
Die Size 477mm²	Die Size 486mm²
Transistor Count 92 Billion	Transistor Count 67 Billion
Transistor Density 193 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 138 MTr/mm²

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