Apple 40-Core M3 Max vs Apple 60-Core M3 Ultra Full Specs

Summary

5,120 Shaders 1.38GHz	7,680 Shaders 1.38GHz
Shared Memory409.6GB/sLPDDR5	Shared Memory819.2GB/sLPDDR5
Peak·FP32·FP16 14.13 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 21.2 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
TDP Shared	TDP Shared

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 Memory Bandwidth

40-Core M3 Max14.13 TFLOPSFP16

x1

60-Core M3 Ultra21.2 TFLOPSFP16

x1.50

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1380MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1380MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 14.13 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 21.2 TFLOPSFP16
FP32 14.13 TFLOPS	FP32 21.2 TFLOPS
Pixel Rate 220.8 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 331.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 441.6 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 662.4 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 5,120 Shaders	Shaders 7,680 Shaders
TMUs 320 TMUs	TMUs 480 TMUs
ROPs 160 ROPs	ROPs 240 ROPs
RT Cores 40 RT-Cores	RT Cores 60 RT-Cores
EUs 640 EUs	EUs 960 EUs

Clocks

Boost Clock 1.38GHz

Boost Clock 1.38GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 8.2MB shared

L2 Cache 16.4MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5	Shared MemoryLPDDR5
Memory Bus 512-bit	Memory Bus 1024-bit
Memory Speed 6.4GT/s	Memory Speed 6.4GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 409.6GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 819.2GB/s

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 4

Multi-Monitor 8

Encoder

Encoder Model 2x Apple Media Engine 3

Encoder Model 4x Apple Media Engine 3

Decoder

Decoder Model Apple Media Engine 3

Decoder Model 2x Apple Media Engine 3

Card

Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
Cooling Open-Air	Cooling Passive

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer Apple
Architecture Apple Gen 6	Architecture Apple Gen 6
Family M Series	Family M Series
Branding	Branding
Codename G15M	Codename G15D
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Workstation
Release Date Oct 30, 2023	Release Date Mar 5, 2025

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3B	Fabrication Node N3B
Die Size 477mm²	Die Size 954mm²
Transistor Count 92 Billion	Transistor Count 184 Billion
Transistor Density 193 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 193 MTr/mm²

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Used In

CPUs M3 Max (16C40G)	CPUs M3 Ultra (28C60G)
Laptops MacBook Pro 16(M3 Max, Late 2023)MacBook Pro 14(M3 Max, Late 2023)	Laptops -
Desktops -	Desktops Mac Studio(M3 Ultra, Early 2025)

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