Apple M4 Max 32-Core GPU vs Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU
Apple M4 Max 32-Core GPU
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The Apple M4 Max GPU (32 cores) is an integrated graphics adapter that's built into the 14-core Apple M4 Max SoC. It features 32 "cores" and has access to at least 36 GB of fast 410 GB/s LPDDR5x on-package RAM depending on the configuration. As is typical for graphics adapters released in 2024, it has hardware support for ray tracing as well as mesh shading and other modern technologies. It also supports external displays with resolutions as high as "8K" and can HW-decode a few popular video codecs such as h.264, h.265 and AV1.
Performance
Its gaming performance is set to be approximately as good as that of the GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop. Please keep in mind that very few games have been compiled specifically for Apple silicon Macs meaning most titles have to be run via emulation layers. Some of them are displayed with visual artefacts as a result, or don't start at all.
Power consumption
Given the power on offer, we expect the iGPU to consume over 40 W when under heavy loads.
Just like the rest of the Apple M4 Max chip, the integrated graphics adapter is manufactured on a "second generation 3 nm" TSMC process which is still cutting-edge as of late 2024.
Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU
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The Apple M2 Max 30-Core-GPU is an integrated graphics card by Apple offering 30 of the 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).
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 Pro is manufactured in the second generation 5nm process at TSMC.
| Apple M4 Max 32-Core GPU | Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pipelines | 32 - unified | 30 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Raytracing Cores | 32 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Speed | 8533 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Type | LPDDR5x-8533 | LPDDR5-6400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | yes | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Bandwidth | 410 GB/s | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power Consumption | 45 Watt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| technology | 3 nm | 5 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Displays | 3 Displays (max.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notebook Size | large | medium sized | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 30.10.2024 | 17.01.2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | M3 Max 30-Core GPU |
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Benchmarks
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU
Average Benchmarks Apple M4 Max 32-Core GPU → 100% n=2
Average Benchmarks Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU → 80% n=2
- 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.
Borderlands 3
2019
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| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |||
| Borderlands 3 | 53.2 | 45.2 | 35.1 | |||||||||||
| Total War: Three Kingdoms | 91 | 65 | 41.4 | |||||||||||
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 115 | 102 | 69 | |||||||||||
| Apple M4 Max 32-Core GPU | Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU | |||||||||||||
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | | | | | | | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | | | 1 2 | 1 2 | 2 1 | |
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