Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU vs Apple M3 10-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 10-Core GPU ► remove from comparison
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 M3 Max 40-Core GPU Apple M3 10-Core GPU Apple M3 Series Pipelines 40 - unified 10 - unified Memory Type LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR5-6400 Shared Memory no no Power Consumption 53 Watt 15 Watt technology 5 nm 5 nm Notebook Size medium sized Date of Announcement 31.10.2023 31.10.2023 Predecessor M1 8-Core GPU
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 10-Core GPU GPU Base Speed GPU Boost / Turbo Apple M3 8 x 2748 MHz ? MHz ? MHz
Benchmarks 3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
min: 31268 avg: 31336 median: 31335.5 (36%) max: 31403 Points
min: 8239 avg: 8276 median: 8286 (10%) max: 8302 Points
GPU TDP 15 W TDP 60 W 26% 100%
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom METAL *
min: 29.6 avg: 30.8 median: 30.8 (3%) max: 32 Seconds
min: 121 avg: 128 median: 129 (13%) max: 134 Seconds
GPU TDP 15 W TDP 60 W 100% 112%
Cinebench R15 Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + 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 64 Bit + Apple M3 10-Core GPU
129.8 fps (8%)
GPU TDP 15 W TDP 60 W 94% 100%
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%)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + Apple M3 10-Core GPU
99.5 % (100%)
GPU TDP 15 W TDP 60 W 100% 100%
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 4K Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 188.2 avg: 196 median: 196 (80%) max: 203.7 fps
min: 51.8 avg: 52.2 median: 52.3 (21%) max: 52.6 fps
GPU TDP 15 W TDP 60 W 27% 100%
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 416 avg: 431 median: 431 (78%) max: 446 fps
min: 114.4 avg: 118.5 median: 120 (22%) max: 121 fps
GPU TDP 15 W TDP 60 W 27% 100%
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
min: 858 avg: 863 median: 863 (64%) max: 868 fps
min: 320 avg: 326.9 median: 329.6 (24%) max: 331 fps
GPU TDP 15 W TDP 60 W 38% 100%
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
min: 556 avg: 560 median: 560 (63%) max: 564 fps
min: 259 avg: 262.5 median: 260 (29%) max: 268.6 fps
GPU TDP 15 W TDP 60 W 47% 100%
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
min: 1163 avg: 1178 median: 1178 (25%) max: 1193 fps
min: 370 avg: 378.3 median: 372 (8%) max: 393 fps
GPU TDP 15 W TDP 60 W 32% 100%
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
min: 1557 avg: 1573 median: 1573 (92%) max: 1589 fps
min: 541 avg: 552 median: 551 (32%) max: 563.5 fps
GPU TDP 15 W TDP 60 W 35% 100%
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + 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 10-Core GPU
min: 835 avg: 849 median: 848 (7%) max: 864.2 fps
GPU TDP 15 W TDP 60 W 29% 100%
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU OpenCL
min: 91413 avg: 91416 median: 91415.5 (26%) max: 91418 Points
min: 30414 avg: 30463 median: 30470 (9%) max: 30506 Points
GPU TDP 15 W TDP 60 W 33% 100%
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU Metal
min: 154675 avg: 155214 median: 155214 (100%) max: 155752 Points
min: 47494 avg: 47626 median: 47686 (31%) max: 47699 Points
GPU TDP 15 W TDP 60 W 31% 100%
Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 87.7 avg: 91.6 median: 91.6 (13%) max: 95.4 Watt
min: 21.9 avg: 22.8 median: 23.2 (3%) max: 23.2 Watt
GPU TDP 15 W TDP 60 W 111% 100%
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 Power Consumption *
min: 92.5 avg: 100.8 median: 100.8 (22%) max: 109 Watt
min: 28.6 avg: 30 median: 29.6 (7%) max: 31.9 Watt
GPU TDP 15 W TDP 60 W 120% 100%
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency
min: 0.633 avg: 0.8 median: 0.8 (81%) max: 0.995 fps per Watt
min: 0.811 avg: 0.8 median: 0.8 (83%) max: 0.878 fps per Watt
GPU TDP 15 W TDP 60 W 100% 97%
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: 1.034 avg: 1.1 median: 1.1 (91%) max: 1.207 fps per Watt
GPU TDP 15 W TDP 60 W 100% 80%
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 10-Core GPU
25.1 dB(A) (40%)
GPU TDP 15 W TDP 60 W 58% 100%
Average Benchmarks Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU → 100% n=13 Average Benchmarks Apple M3 10-Core GPU → 47% n=13
- 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
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
207 212 ~ 210 fps
38%
M3 10-Core GPU:
67 83 86 ~ 79 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
138 139 ~ 139 fps
32%
M3 10-Core GPU:
43 44 45 ~ 44 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
97 121 ~ 109 fps
30%
M3 10-Core GPU:
28 35 36 ~ 33 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
82 82 ~ 82 fps
29%
M3 10-Core GPU:
24 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
45 fps
73%
M3 10-Core GPU:
33 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
44 fps
58%
M3 10-Core GPU:
25.7 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
43.7 44.4 ~ 44 fps
48%
M3 10-Core GPU:
21.3 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
40.8 42.8 ~ 42 fps
43%
M3 10-Core GPU:
18.1 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
35.5 37.4 ~ 36 fps
M3 10-Core GPU:
31 32 ~ 32 fps
M3 10-Core GPU:
26 26 ~ 26 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
96 fps
23%
M3 10-Core GPU:
21 22 ~ 22 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
90 fps
21%
M3 10-Core GPU:
19 19 ~ 19 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
60 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
51 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
170 170 ~ 170 fps
31%
M3 10-Core GPU:
52 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
109 113 ~ 111 fps
30%
M3 10-Core GPU:
33 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
80 84 ~ 82 fps
29%
M3 10-Core GPU:
24 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
54 58 ~ 56 fps
27%
M3 10-Core GPU:
15 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
145 150 ~ 148 fps
28%
M3 10-Core GPU:
38 44 45 ~ 42 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
135 143 ~ 139 fps
27%
M3 10-Core GPU:
34 38 41 ~ 38 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
118 122 ~ 120 fps
28%
M3 10-Core GPU:
30 32 36 ~ 33 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
86 88 ~ 87 fps
26%
M3 10-Core GPU:
23 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
56 fps
82%
M3 10-Core GPU:
46 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
53 54 ~ 54 fps
78%
M3 10-Core GPU:
42 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
50 51 ~ 51 fps
76%
M3 10-Core GPU:
39 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
49 49 ~ 49 fps
53%
M3 10-Core GPU:
26 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
87 fps
43%
M3 10-Core GPU:
36 36 38 ~ 37 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
69 92 ~ 81 fps
31%
M3 10-Core GPU:
24 24 28 ~ 25 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
77 79 ~ 78 fps
87%
M3 10-Core GPU:
68 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
53 54 ~ 54 fps
81%
M3 10-Core GPU:
44 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
51 52 ~ 52 fps
Average Gaming Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU → 100% Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming Apple M3 10-Core GPU → 45% Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 52%
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 10-Core GPU low med. high ultra QHD 4K Total War Pharaoh 130 79 44 33 24 Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 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 Shadow of the Tomb Raider 106 42 38 33 23 Far Cry 5 79 46 42 39 26 The Witcher 3 37 25 GTA V 98 83 68 44 < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 5 1 4 4 4
For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List
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