Apple M3 10-Core GPU vs Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU
Apple M3 10-Core GPU ► remove from comparison
The Apple M3 GPU is an integrated graphics card offering 10 cores designed by Apple and integrated in the Apple M3 SoC . It uses the unified memory architecture of the M3 SoC (up to 24 GB LPDDR5-6400 with 100 GB/s bandwidth). The GPU uses a new architecture with support for mesh shading and ray tracing. Dynamic caching is also a new feature that should only us as much shared memory as needed.
According to Apple it offers a 20% higher performance compared to the 10-core GPU in the Apple M2 .
The M3 chip is manufactured in the new 3nm process at TSMC (most likely N3B). The power consumption is around 15 Watt (in our tests under load of the MBP14).
Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU ► remove from comparison
The Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU is a self-designed graphics card in the Apple M3 SoC and offers 30 of the 40 cores that are included in the chip. According to Apple, the GPU uses a new architecture and now offers dynamic caching, mesh shading and ray tracing acceleration.
The graphics card can access up to 96 GB LPDDR5-6400 unified memory via a 512 bit memory bus (max 400 GBit/s). Thanks to dynamic caching, the GPU only reserves as much memory as is required.
Since the SoC is manufactured in the current 3nm (probably N3B) at TSMC.
Apple M3 10-Core GPU Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU Apple M3 Series Pipelines 10 - unified 30 - unified Memory Type LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR5-6400 Shared Memory no no Power Consumption 15 Watt 53 Watt technology 5 nm 5 nm Date of Announcement 31.10.2023 31.10.2023 Predecessor M1 8-Core GPU Notebook Size medium sized
CPU in M3 10-Core GPU GPU Base Speed GPU Boost / Turbo Apple M3 8 x 2748 MHz ? MHz ? MHz
CPU in M3 Max 30-Core GPU GPU Base Speed GPU Boost / Turbo Apple M3 Max 14-Core 14 x 2748 MHz, 78 W ? MHz ? MHz
Benchmarks 3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
min: 8239 avg: 8276 median: 8286 (10%) max: 8302 Points
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom METAL *
min: 121 avg: 128 median: 129 (13%) max: 134 Seconds
Cinebench R15 Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Apple M3 10-Core GPU Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
129.8 fps (8%)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + Apple M3 10-Core GPU Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
99.5 % (100%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 4K Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 51.8 avg: 52.2 median: 52.3 (21%) max: 52.6 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 114.4 avg: 118.5 median: 120 (22%) max: 121 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
min: 320 avg: 326.9 median: 329.6 (24%) max: 331 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
min: 259 avg: 262.5 median: 260 (29%) max: 268.6 fps
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
min: 370 avg: 378.3 median: 372 (8%) max: 393 fps
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
min: 541 avg: 552 median: 551 (32%) max: 563.5 fps
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Apple M3 10-Core GPU GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
min: 835 avg: 849 median: 848 (7%) max: 864.2 fps
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU OpenCL
min: 30414 avg: 30463 median: 30470 (9%) max: 30506 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU Metal
min: 47494 avg: 47626 median: 47686 (31%) max: 47699 Points
Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 21.9 avg: 22.8 median: 23.2 (3%) max: 23.2 Watt
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 Power Consumption *
min: 28.6 avg: 30 median: 29.6 (7%) max: 31.9 Watt
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency
min: 0.811 avg: 0.8 median: 0.8 (80%) max: 0.878 fps per Watt
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 1.034 avg: 1.1 median: 1.1 (91%) max: 1.207 fps per Watt
Emissions Witcher 3 Fan Noise + Apple M3 10-Core GPU Emissions - Witcher 3 Fan Noise
25.1 dB(A) (40%)
Average Benchmarks Apple M3 10-Core GPU → 0% n=
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Game Benchmarks The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
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M3 10-Core GPU:
67 83 86 ~ 79 fps
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M3 10-Core GPU:
43 44 45 ~ 44 fps
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M3 10-Core GPU:
28 35 36 ~ 33 fps
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M3 10-Core GPU:
24 fps
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M3 10-Core GPU:
33 fps
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M3 10-Core GPU:
25.7 fps
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M3 10-Core GPU:
21.3 fps
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M3 10-Core GPU:
18.1 fps
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M3 10-Core GPU:
31 32 ~ 32 fps
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M3 10-Core GPU:
26 26 ~ 26 fps
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M3 10-Core GPU:
21 22 ~ 22 fps
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M3 10-Core GPU:
19 19 ~ 19 fps
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M3 10-Core GPU:
151 fps
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M3 10-Core GPU:
52 fps
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M3 10-Core GPU:
33 fps
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M3 10-Core GPU:
24 fps
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M3 10-Core GPU:
15 fps
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M3 10-Core GPU:
38 44 45 ~ 42 fps
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M3 10-Core GPU:
34 38 41 ~ 38 fps
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M3 10-Core GPU:
30 32 36 ~ 33 fps
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M3 10-Core GPU:
23 fps
100%
M3 10-Core GPU:
79 fps
100%
M3 10-Core GPU:
46 fps
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M3 10-Core GPU:
42 fps
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M3 10-Core GPU:
39 fps
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M3 10-Core GPU:
26 fps
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M3 10-Core GPU:
36 36 38 ~ 37 fps
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M3 10-Core GPU:
24 24 28 ~ 25 fps
100%
M3 10-Core GPU:
98 fps
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M3 10-Core GPU:
83 fps
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M3 10-Core GPU:
68 fps
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M3 10-Core GPU:
44 fps
Average Gaming Apple M3 10-Core GPU → 100% Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Apple M3 10-Core GPU low med. high ultra QHD 4K Total War Pharaoh 130 79 44 33 24 Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 Phantom Liberty 33 25.7 21.3 18.1 Baldur's Gate 3 32 26 22 19 Total War: Three Kingdoms 151 52 33 24 15 Shadow of the Tomb Raider 106 42 38 33 23 Far Cry 5 79 46 42 39 26 The Witcher 3 37 25 GTA V 98 83 68 44 < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 5 1 4 4 4
For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List
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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)