Apple M3 10-Core GPU vs Apple M1 7-Core GPU vs Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU
Apple M3 10-Core GPU
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The 10-core Apple M3 GPU is an integrated graphics adapter designed by Apple that features 10 cores. This iGPU is built into the Apple M3 SoC and it uses the unified memory architecture (up to 24 GB LPDDR5-6400 with 100 GB/s bandwidth). Compared to M2 series GPUs, this new graphics adapter uses a new architecture with support for mesh shading and ray tracing. Dynamic caching is another new feature worth mentioning - it is coming to optimize shared memory usage.
In our testing, the M3 GPU (10 cores) mostly was 5% to 20% faster than the 10-core M2 GPU depending on the task.
Just like the rest of the Apple M3 chip, the graphics adapter is manufactured on a 3 nm TSMC process (possibly N3B). Our MBP 14 review revealed sustained power consumption figures of around 15 W for the iGPU.
Apple M1 7-Core GPU
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The Apple M1 GPU is an integrated graphics card offering 7 cores (1 deactivated core in the entry MacBook Air) designed by Apple and integrated in the Apple M1 SoC. According to Apple it is faster and more energy efficient as competing products (like the Tiger Lake Xe GPU). The peak performance of the high end variant with 8 cores is 2.6 teraflops, therefore the 7 core version should offer around 2.3 teraflops. Thanks to the unified memory architecture it should have fast access to the RAM.
The Apple M1 is manufactured in the modern 5nm process at TSMC and should offer an excellent energy efficiency.
Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU
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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.
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| Pipelines | 10 - unified | 7 - unified | 30 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Type | LPDDR5-6400 | LPDDR4X-4266 | LPDDR5-6400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | no | no | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power Consumption | 15 Watt | 53 Watt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| technology | 5 nm | 5 nm | 5 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 31.10.2023 | 10.11.2020 | 31.10.2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | M1 8-Core GPU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Core Speed | 1278 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notebook Size | medium sized |
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Benchmarks
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Apple M3 10-Core GPU
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Apple M3 10-Core GPU
Average Benchmarks Apple M3 10-Core GPU → 0% n=0
Average Benchmarks Apple M1 7-Core GPU → 0% n=0
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
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.
Total War Pharaoh
2023
Baldur's Gate 3
2023
Hearthstone
2020
Borderlands 3
2019
Far Cry 5
2018
F1 2017
2017
Civilization 6
2016
The Witcher 3
2015
GTA V
2015
Counter-Strike: GO
2012
Batman: Arkham City
2011Average Gaming Apple M3 10-Core GPU → 100%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming Apple M1 7-Core GPU → 56%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 61%
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| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | ||||
| Total War Pharaoh | 130 | 79 | 44 | 33 | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cyberpunk 2077 2.2 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 | 95.2 | 26.3 | 17.4 | |||||||||||||
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 106 | 42 | 38 | 33 | 23 | 65 | 22 | ||||||||||||||
| Far Cry 5 | 79 | 46 | 42 | 39 | 26 | ||||||||||||||||
| The Witcher 3 | 37 | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||
| GTA V | 98 | 83 | 68 | 44 | |||||||||||||||||
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| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 2 3 2 | 2 3 2 | 2 5 1 | 4 4 | 4 | | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 2 | 2 | 1 | | | | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | | | | | | |
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