Apple 32-Core M1 Max vs Apple 38-Core M2 Max Full Specs

Summary

4,096 Shaders 1.3GHz	4,864 Shaders 1.4GHz
Shared Memory409.6GB/sLPDDR5	Shared Memory409.6GB/sLPDDR5
Peak·FP32·FP16 10.62 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 13.6 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
TDP Shared	TDP Shared

Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1296MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1398MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 10.62 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 13.6 TFLOPSFP16
FP32 10.62 TFLOPS	FP32 13.6 TFLOPS
Pixel Rate 165.9 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 212.5 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 331.8 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 425 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 4,096 Shaders	Shaders 4,864 Shaders
TMUs 256 TMUs	TMUs 304 TMUs
ROPs 128 ROPs	ROPs 152 ROPs
EUs 512 EUs	EUs 608 EUs

Clocks

Boost Clock 1.3GHz

Boost Clock 1.4GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 4MB shared

L2 Cache 8MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5	Shared MemoryLPDDR5
Memory Bus 512-bit	Memory Bus 512-bit
Memory Speed 6.4GT/s	Memory Speed 6.4GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 409.6GB/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 2	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 2	Decoder Model Apple Media Engine 2
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) 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 4	Architecture Apple Gen 5
Family M Series	Family M Series
Branding	Branding
Codename G13C	Codename G14C
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Oct 26, 2021	Release Date Jan 17, 2023

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N5	Fabrication Node N5P
Die Size 432mm²	Die Size 486mm²
Transistor Count 57 Billion	Transistor Count 67 Billion
Transistor Density 132 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 138 MTr/mm²

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