Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU vs Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU
Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU ► remove from comparison
The Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU is a self-designed graphics card in the Apple M3 SoC and according to Apple with forty cores. According to Apple, the GPU uses a new architecture and now offers dynamic caching, mesh shading and ray tracing acceleration.
The GPU can access up to 128 GB LPDDR5-6400 unified memory via a 512 bit memory bus (max 400 GBit/s). Thanks to dynamic caching, the GPU should only reserve as much memory as is required.
Since the SoC is manufactured in the current 3nm (probably N3B) at TSMC. According to powermetrics, the GPU requires up to 60 watts (chip incl. CPU total 78 watts).
Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU ► remove from comparison
The Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU is a self-designed graphics card in the Apple M3 Pro (with 12 CPU cores) and offers all eighteen cores available on the chip. The graphics card uses a new architecture and now offers dynamic caching, mesh shading and ray tracing acceleration.
The GPU can access up to 36 GB LPDDR5-6400 unified memory via a 192-bit memory bus (max 150 GBit/s). Thanks to dynamic caching, the GPU only reserves as much memory as is required.
The entire chip is manufactured in the current 3nm process (probably N3B) at TSMC.
Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU Apple M3 Series Pipelines 40 - unified 18 - unified Memory Type LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR5-6400 Shared Memory no no Power Consumption 53 Watt technology 5 nm 5 nm Notebook Size medium sized medium sized Date of Announcement 31.10.2023 31.10.2023
CPU in M3 Max 40-Core GPU GPU Base Speed GPU Boost / Turbo Apple M3 Max 16-Core 16 x 2748 MHz, 78 W ? MHz ? MHz
CPU in M3 Pro 18-Core GPU GPU Base Speed GPU Boost / Turbo Apple M3 Pro 12-Core 12 x 2748 MHz, 27 W ? MHz ? MHz
Benchmarks 3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
min: 31268 avg: 31336 median: 31335.5 (36%) max: 31403 Points
14545 Points (17%)
GPU TDP 28 W TDP 60 W 46% 100%
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom METAL *
min: 29.6 avg: 30.8 median: 30.8 (3%) max: 32 Seconds
69 Seconds (7%)
GPU TDP 28 W TDP 60 W 100% 104%
Cinebench R15 + Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 136.23 avg: 137.4 median: 137.4 (8%) max: 138.52 fps
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + Apple M3 Max 40-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: 188.2 avg: 196 median: 196 (80%) max: 203.7 fps
97.8 fps (40%)
GPU TDP 28 W TDP 60 W 50% 100%
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 416 avg: 431 median: 431 (78%) max: 446 fps
219.7 fps (40%)
GPU TDP 28 W TDP 60 W 51% 100%
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
min: 858 avg: 863 median: 863 (64%) max: 868 fps
580 fps (43%)
GPU TDP 28 W TDP 60 W 67% 100%
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
min: 556 avg: 560 median: 560 (63%) max: 564 fps
436 fps (49%)
GPU TDP 28 W TDP 60 W 78% 100%
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
min: 1163 avg: 1178 median: 1178 (25%) max: 1193 fps
670 fps (14%)
GPU TDP 28 W TDP 60 W 57% 100%
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
min: 1557 avg: 1573 median: 1573 (92%) max: 1589 fps
936 fps (55%)
GPU TDP 28 W TDP 60 W 60% 100%
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 + Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
min: 2893 avg: 2942 median: 2941.5 (23%) max: 2990 fps
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU
1480 fps (12%)
GPU TDP 28 W TDP 60 W 50% 100%
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU OpenCL
min: 91413 avg: 91416 median: 91415.5 (26%) max: 91418 Points
50373 Points (15%)
GPU TDP 28 W TDP 60 W 55% 100%
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU Metal
min: 154675 avg: 155214 median: 155214 (100%) max: 155752 Points
78324 Points (50%)
GPU TDP 28 W TDP 60 W 50% 100%
Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 87.7 avg: 91.6 median: 91.6 (13%) max: 95.4 Watt
40 Watt (6%)
GPU TDP 28 W TDP 60 W 108% 100%
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 Power Consumption *
min: 92.5 avg: 100.8 median: 100.8 (22%) max: 109 Watt
52.1 Watt (11%)
GPU TDP 28 W TDP 60 W 114% 100%
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency
min: 0.633 avg: 0.8 median: 0.8 (77%) max: 0.995 fps per Watt
0.8 fps per Watt (78%)
GPU TDP 28 W TDP 60 W 100% 99%
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 0.723 avg: 0.9 median: 0.9 (73%) max: 1.207 fps per Watt
min: 1.075 avg: 1.1 median: 1.1 (89%) max: 1.207 fps per Watt
GPU TDP 28 W TDP 60 W 100% 82%
Emissions Witcher 3 Fan Noise + Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU Emissions - Witcher 3 Fan Noise
min: 42.8 avg: 43.1 median: 43.1 (69%) max: 43.4 dB(A)
Witcher 3 Fan Noise + Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU
25.1 dB(A) (40%)
GPU TDP 28 W TDP 60 W 58% 100%
Average Benchmarks Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU → 100% n=11 Average Benchmarks Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU → 60% n=11
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- 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.
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
242 fps
88%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
212 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
207 212 ~ 210 fps
67%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
140 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
138 139 ~ 139 fps
55%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
77 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
97 121 ~ 109 fps
53%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
58 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
82 82 ~ 82 fps
51%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
42 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
45 fps
118%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
53 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
44 fps
97%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
42.6 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
43.7 44.4 ~ 44 fps
80%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
35 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
40.8 42.8 ~ 42 fps
73%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
30.8 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
35.5 37.4 ~ 36 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
96 fps
55%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
53 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
90 fps
48%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
43 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
60 fps
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
30 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
51 fps
51%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
26 fps
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
17 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
170 170 ~ 170 fps
51%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
87 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
109 113 ~ 111 fps
50%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
56 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
80 84 ~ 82 fps
50%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
41 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
54 58 ~ 56 fps
45%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
25 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
145 150 ~ 148 fps
48%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
71 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
135 143 ~ 139 fps
47%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
65 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
118 122 ~ 120 fps
48%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
57 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
86 88 ~ 87 fps
43%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
37 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
56 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
53 54 ~ 54 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
50 51 ~ 51 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
49 49 ~ 49 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
87 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
69 92 ~ 81 fps
53%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
43 fps
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
90 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
77 79 ~ 78 fps
101%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
79 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
53 54 ~ 54 fps
96%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
52 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
51 52 ~ 52 fps
94%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
49 fps
Average Gaming Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU → 100% Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU → 65% Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 66%
Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU low med. high ultra QHD 4K Total War Pharaoh 242 210 139 109 82 Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 Phantom Liberty 45 44 44 42 36 Baldur's Gate 3 96 90 60 Star Wars Jedi Survivor 51 Total War: Three Kingdoms 170 111 82 56 Shadow of the Tomb Raider 148 139 120 87 Far Cry 5 56 54 51 49 The Witcher 3 87 81 GTA V 78 54 52 < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps 1 1 2 3 2 4 2 4 4 1 4 3
Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU low med. high ultra QHD 4K Total War Pharaoh 212 140 77 58 42 Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 Phantom Liberty 53 42.6 35 30.8 Baldur's Gate 3 53 43 Star Wars Jedi Survivor 30 26 17 Total War: Three Kingdoms 87 56 41 25 Shadow of the Tomb Raider 71 65 57 37 The Witcher 3 43 GTA V 90 79 52 49 < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps 1 1 1 3 1 4 3 1 7 2 3
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