Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU vs Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU
Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU ► remove from comparison
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 Pro 19-Core GPU ► remove from comparison
The Apple M2 Pro 19-Core-GPU is an integrated graphics card by Apple offering all 19 cores in the M2 Pro Chip .
The graphics card has no dedicated graphics memory but can use the fast LPDDR5-6400 unified memory with a 256 bit bus (up to 200 GBit/s). The GPU clocks from 444 MHz to 1398 MHz and was maintaining the 1398 MHz in games.
According to Apple, the performance should be 30% higher than the old 16-core-GPU in the M1 Pro .
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. The power consumption of the GPU part in the M2 Pro is slightly below 20 Watt in games (Borderlands 3 measured with powermetrics).
Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU Apple M2 Series Pipelines 38 - unified 19 - unified Memory Type LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR5-6400 Shared Memory no no Power Consumption 53 Watt 20 Watt technology 5 nm 5 nm Notebook Size medium sized medium sized Date of Announcement 17.01.2023 17.01.2023 Core Speed 444 - 1398 (Boost) MHz
CPU in M2 Max 38-Core GPU GPU Base Speed GPU Boost / Turbo Apple M2 Max 12 x 2424 MHz, 79 W ? MHz ? MHz
CPU in M2 Pro 19-Core GPU GPU Base Speed GPU Boost / Turbo Apple M2 Pro 12 x 2424 MHz ? MHz ? MHz
Benchmarks 3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
25103 Points (29%)
min: 12968 avg: 12983 median: 12982.5 (15%) max: 12997 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 64 W 52% 100%
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom METAL *
51.2 Seconds (5%)
97 Seconds (10%)
GPU TDP ? TDP 64 W 100% 105%
Cinebench R15 Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
147.5 fps (9%)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU
140.9 fps (8%)
GPU TDP ? TDP 64 W 96% 100%
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
99.5 % (100%)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU
99.5 % (100%)
GPU TDP ? TDP 64 W 100% 100%
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 4K Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
179.9 fps (73%)
min: 92.1 avg: 92.2 median: 92.2 (37%) max: 92.2 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 64 W 51% 100%
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
397.6 fps (72%)
min: 210.4 avg: 210.6 median: 210.6 (38%) max: 210.7 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 64 W 53% 100%
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
950 fps (70%)
min: 565.3 avg: 567 median: 566.7 (42%) max: 568 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 64 W 60% 100%
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
585 fps (66%)
min: 434.4 avg: 435.2 median: 435.2 (49%) max: 436 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 64 W 74% 100%
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
1294 fps (27%)
min: 748 avg: 748 median: 748.2 (16%) max: 748.4 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 64 W 58% 100%
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
1708 fps (100%)
min: 1126.4 avg: 1131 median: 1131.2 (66%) max: 1136 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 64 W 66% 100%
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
3185 fps (25%)
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU
min: 1967.2 avg: 1970 median: 1969.6 (16%) max: 1972 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 64 W 62% 100%
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU OpenCL
50447 Points (15%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU Metal
82134 Points (53%)
Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
80.7 Watt (11%)
49.6 Watt (7%)
GPU TDP ? TDP 64 W 105% 100%
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 Power Consumption *
92 Watt (20%)
55.9 Watt (12%)
GPU TDP ? TDP 64 W 110% 100%
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency - external Monitor
0.9 fps per Watt (78%)
min: 1.028 avg: 1 median: 1 (85%) max: 1.207 fps per Watt
GPU TDP ? TDP 64 W 100% 92%
Emissions Witcher 3 Fan Noise + Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU Emissions - Witcher 3 Fan Noise
35.1 dB(A) (56%)
Average Benchmarks Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU → 100% n=11 Average Benchmarks Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU → 70% 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.
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU:
39.6 [X] Apple MacBook Pro 14 2023 M2 Pro Apple M2 Pro 2.4GHz
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU
fps
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU:
33.5 [X] Apple MacBook Pro 14 2023 M2 Pro Apple M2 Pro 2.4GHz
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU
fps
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU:
29.3 [X] Apple MacBook Pro 14 2023 M2 Pro Apple M2 Pro 2.4GHz
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU
fps
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU:
26.5 [X] Apple MacBook Pro 14 2023 M2 Pro Apple M2 Pro 2.4GHz
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU
fps
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU:
34 [X] Apple MacBook Pro 14 2023 M2 Pro Apple M2 Pro 2.4GHz
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU
fps
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU:
75.9 [X] Apple MacBook Pro 14 2023 M2 Pro Apple M2 Pro 2.4GHz
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU
79 ~ 77 fps
100%
M2 Max 38-Core GPU:
72 fps
79%
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU:
54 60.3 [X] Apple MacBook Pro 14 2023 M2 Pro Apple M2 Pro 2.4GHz
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU
~ 57 fps
100%
M2 Max 38-Core GPU:
60.2 fps
66%
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU:
40 40.6 [X] Apple MacBook Pro 14 2023 M2 Pro Apple M2 Pro 2.4GHz
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU
~ 40 fps
100%
M2 Max 38-Core GPU:
48.6 fps
62%
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU:
29 30.4 [X] Apple MacBook Pro 14 2023 M2 Pro Apple M2 Pro 2.4GHz
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU
~ 30 fps
100%
M2 Max 38-Core GPU:
330 fps
82%
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU:
269 fps
100%
M2 Max 38-Core GPU:
147 fps
57%
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU:
84 fps
100%
M2 Max 38-Core GPU:
96 fps
56%
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU:
54 fps
100%
M2 Max 38-Core GPU:
71 fps
56%
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU:
40 fps
100%
M2 Max 38-Core GPU:
47 fps
53%
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU:
25 fps
100%
M2 Max 38-Core GPU:
182 fps
93%
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU:
169 fps
100%
M2 Max 38-Core GPU:
131 fps
61%
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU:
80 fps
100%
M2 Max 38-Core GPU:
122 fps
59%
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU:
72 fps
100%
M2 Max 38-Core GPU:
109 fps
58%
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU:
63 fps
100%
M2 Max 38-Core GPU:
78 fps
51%
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU:
40 fps
100%
M2 Max 38-Core GPU:
83 fps
69%
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU:
57 fps
100%
M2 Max 38-Core GPU:
76 fps
67%
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU:
51 fps
100%
M2 Max 38-Core GPU:
84 fps
100%
M2 Max 38-Core GPU:
81 fps
100%
M2 Max 38-Core GPU:
57 fps
Average Gaming Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU → 100% Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU → 65% Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 63%
Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU low med. high ultra QHD 4K Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 Phantom Liberty 39.6 33.5 29.3 26.5 Baldur's Gate 3 34 Borderlands 3 77 57 40 30 Total War: Three Kingdoms 269 84 54 40 25 Shadow of the Tomb Raider 169 80 72 63 40 The Witcher 3 57 51 < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 1 1 4 1 1 1
Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU low med. high ultra QHD 4K 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
For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List
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