Apple 32-Core M4 Max vs Apple 30-Core M3 Max Full Specs

Summary

4,096 Shaders 1.58GHz	3,840 Shaders 1.38GHz
Shared Memory409.6GB/sLPDDR5X	Shared Memory307.2GB/sLPDDR5
Peak·FP32·FP16 12.93 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 10.6 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
TDP Shared	TDP Shared

Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1578MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1380MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 12.93 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 10.6 TFLOPSFP16
FP32 12.93 TFLOPS	FP32 10.6 TFLOPS
Pixel Rate 202 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 165.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 404 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 331.2 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 4,096 Shaders	Shaders 3,840 Shaders
TMUs 256 TMUs	TMUs 240 TMUs
ROPs 128 ROPs	ROPs 120 ROPs
RT Cores 32 RT-Cores	RT Cores 30 RT-Cores
EUs 512 EUs	EUs 480 EUs

Clocks

Boost Clock 1.58GHz

Boost Clock 1.38GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 8MB shared

L2 Cache 8MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5X	Shared MemoryLPDDR5
Memory Bus 384-bit	Memory Bus 384-bit
Memory Speed 8.5GT/s	Memory Speed 6.4GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 409.6GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 307.2GB/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 3
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) ProRes	Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) ProRes

Decoder

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

Card

Form Factor iGPU

Form Factor iGPU

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer Apple
Architecture Apple Gen 7	Architecture Apple Gen 6
Family M Series	Family M Series
Branding	Branding
Codename G16M	Codename G15M
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Oct 30, 2024	Release Date Oct 30, 2023

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3E	Fabrication Node N3B
Die Size 454mm²	Die Size 477mm²
Transistor Count 76 Billion	Transistor Count 92 Billion
Transistor Density 167 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 193 MTr/mm²

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