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

Summary

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

Theoretical Performance

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

Core Config

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

Clocks

Boost Clock 1.4GHz

Boost Clock 1.38GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 8MB shared

L2 Cache 8MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5	Shared MemoryLPDDR5
Memory Bus 512-bit	Memory Bus 384-bit
Memory Speed 6.4GT/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 2	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 Apple Media Engine 2	Decoder Model Apple Media Engine 3
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - 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 5	Architecture Apple Gen 6
Family M Series	Family M Series
Branding	Branding
Codename G14C	Codename G15M
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Jan 17, 2023	Release Date Oct 30, 2023

Fabrication

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

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