GPUs

Apple 40-Core M4 Max vs Apple 30-Core M3 Max Full Specs

5,120 Shaders
1.58GHz
3,840 Shaders
1.38GHz
Shared Memory546.1GB/sLPDDR5X
Shared Memory307.2GB/sLPDDR5
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16.16 TFLOPS
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10.6 TFLOPS
Form Factor
iGPU
Form Factor
iGPU
TDP
Shared
TDP
Shared

Clock Speed
··
Clock Speed
··
Peak OPS
16.16 TFLOPSFP16
Peak OPS
10.6 TFLOPSFP16
FP32
16.16 TFLOPS
FP32
10.6 TFLOPS
Pixel Rate
252.5 GPixel/s
Pixel Rate
165.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
505 GTexel/s
Texture Rate
331.2 GTexel/s

Shaders
5,120 Shaders
Shaders
3,840 Shaders
TMUs
320 TMUs
TMUs
240 TMUs
ROPs
160 ROPs
ROPs
120 ROPs
RT Cores
40 RT-Cores
RT Cores
30 RT-Cores
EUs
640 EUs
EUs
480 EUs

Boost Clock
1.58GHz
Boost Clock
1.38GHz

L2 Cache
8MB shared
L2 Cache
8MB shared

Shared MemoryLPDDR5X
Shared MemoryLPDDR5
Memory Bus
512-bit
Memory Bus
384-bit
Memory Speed
8.5GT/s
Memory Speed
6.4GT/s
Memory Bandwidth
546.1GB/s
Memory Bandwidth
307.2GB/s
ECC
No
ECC
No

Multi-Monitor
4
Multi-Monitor
4

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 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

Form Factor
iGPU
Form Factor
iGPU

Manufacturer
Manufacturer
Chip Designer
Chip Designer
Architecture
Architecture
Family
Family
Branding
M4 Max branding
Branding
M3 Max branding
Codename
G16M
Codename
G15M
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
Oct 30, 2024
Release Date
Oct 30, 2023

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