Apple 38-Core M2 Max vs Apple S8 Full Specs - HMC

4,864 Shaders 1.4GHz	64 Shaders 675MHz
Shared Memory409.6GB/sLPDDR5	Shared Memory12.8GB/sLPDDR4
·· 13.6 TFLOPS	·· 86.4 GFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
TDP Shared	TDP Shared

38-Core M2 Max

38-Core M2 Max13.6 TFLOPSFP16

x157.40

S886.4 GFLOPSFP16

x1

Clock Speed ··	Clock Speed ··
Peak OPS 13.6 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 86.4 GFLOPSFP16
FP32 13.6 TFLOPS	FP32 86.4 GFLOPS
Pixel Rate 212.5 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 1.4 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 425 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 2.7 GTexel/s

Shaders 4,864 Shaders	Shaders 64 Shaders
TMUs 304 TMUs	TMUs 4 TMUs
ROPs 152 ROPs	ROPs 2 ROPs
EUs 608 EUs	EUs 8 EUs

Boost Clock

1.4GHz

Boost Clock

675MHz

L2 Cache

8MB shared

L2 Cache

-

Shared MemoryLPDDR5	Shared MemoryLPDDR4
Memory Bus 512-bit	Memory Bus 32-bit
Memory Speed 6.4GT/s	Memory Speed 3.2GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 409.6GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 12.8GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Max Resolution 7680x4320	Max Resolution 502x410
Refresh Rate Calculator 7680x4320 Resolution8K UHD Refresh Rate 60Hz	Refresh Rate Calculator -
Multi-Monitor 4	Multi-Monitor 1
DSC Supported	DSC Not Supported

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

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

Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
Cooling Blower 2x Fans	Cooling Open-Air -

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer Apple
Architecture Apple Gen 5	Architecture Apple Gen 2
Family M Series	Family S Series
Branding	Branding
Codename G14C	Codename G11M
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Smartwatch
Release Date Jan 17, 2023	Release Date Sep 16, 2022

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N5P	Fabrication Node N7P
Die Size 486mm²	Die Size 40mm²
Transistor Count 67B	Transistor Count 3.5B
Transistor Density 138 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 88 MTr/mm²