The Apple M2 Max 38-Core-GPU is an integrated graphics card by Apple offering all 38 cores in the M2 Max Chip.
The graphics card has no dedicated graphics memory but can use the fast LPDDR5-6400 unified memory with a 512 bit bus (up to 400 GBit/s).
Thanks to the additional cores and architectural improvements, the M2 Max GPU should clearly best the old M1 Max GPU with 32 cores and therefore be the fastest iGPU currently available.
The GPU is intended to use Apple Metal 2 API and could still be based on the older PowerVR architectures (last used in the Apple A10). A new feature in the MacBook Pro 14 and 16 of 2023 is the support for HDMI 2.1 and 8k output.
The Apple M2 Max is manufactured in the second generation 5nm process at TSMC. According to the internal powermetrics tool, the GPU uses up to 53.6 Watt (performance mode) and the whole chip (including the CPU) up to 89 Watt.
Apple M2 Series
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| Pipelines | 38 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Type | LPDDR5-6400 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | no | ||||||||||||||||||
| Power Consumption | 53 Watt | ||||||||||||||||||
| technology | 5 nm | ||||||||||||||||||
| Notebook Size | medium sized | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 17.01.2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
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- Average benchmark values for this graphics cardThe 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.
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |
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| Borderlands 3 | 72 | 60.2 | 48.6 | |||
| Total War: Three Kingdoms | 330 | 147 | 96 | 71 | 47 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 182 | 131 | 122 | 109 | 78 | |
| The Witcher 3 | 83 | 76 | ||||
| GTA V | 84 | 81 | 57 | |||
| < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 1 2 | 2 2 | 1 3 1 | 1 3 | 1 1 | |
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Apple MacBook Pro 14 2023 M2 Max: Apple M2 Max, 14.20", 1.6 kg
External Review » Apple MacBook Pro 14 2023 M2 Max
Apple MacBook Pro 16 2023 M2 Max: Apple M2 Max, 16.20", 2.2 kg
External Review » Apple MacBook Pro 16 2023 M2 Max
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