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Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU vs Intel Arc A530M

Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU

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The Apple M1 Max 24-Core-GPU is an integrated graphics card by Apple offering 24 of the 32 cores in the M1 Max Chip. The 3,072 ALUs offer a theoretical performance of up to 8 Teraflops. 

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 clocks between 389 and 1296 MHz and offers no short term boost (389, 486, 648, 778, 972, 1296 MHz steps according to Powermetrics). 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).

The Apple M1 Max is manufactured in the modern 5nm process at TSMC and offers an excellent energy efficiency.

Intel Arc A530M

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The Intel Arc A530M (device ID 5697) is a dedicated mobile lower- mid-range graphics card for laptops based on Xe HPG microarchitecture. It uses the ACM-G12 chip and offers 12 of the 16 Xe-cores (192 ALUs), 12 ray tracing units and a 128-bit memory bus for 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory. The cores can clock from 300 MHz (low frequency mode) to 1300 MHz (high frequency) or in short bursts 2050+ MHz (short bursts / Turbo).

The performance of the Arc A530M should be slightly below the older Arc A550M (more cores but less clock speed).

The chip also integrates two media engines for VP9, AVC, HEVC, and AV1 8k en- and decoding. The 4 display pipes support up to 4x 4k120 HDR via DMI 2.0B or DisplayPort 2.0 10G. 

The A530M is produced in 6nm at TSMC (N6 process) and supports dynamic power share (using Deep Link) with 12th gen Intel CPUs (Alder Lake).

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Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPUIntel Arc A530M
Arc Series
M1 Max 32-Core GPU compare 32 @ 1.3 GHz512 Bit
M1 Max 24-Core GPU 24 @ 1.3 GHz
M1 Pro 16-Core GPU compare 16 @ 1.3 GHz
M1 Pro 14-Core GPU compare 14 @ 1.3 GHz
M1 8-Core GPU compare 8 @ 1.28 GHz
M1 7-Core GPU compare 7 @ 1.28 GHz
Arc A770 compare 4096 @ 2.1 - 2.4 GHz256 Bit @ 16000 MHz
Arc A750 compare 3584 @ 2.05 - 2.4 GHz256 Bit @ 16000 MHz
Arc A580 compare 3072 @ 1.7 - 2 GHz256 Bit @ 16000 MHz
A770M compare 4096 @ 1.65 GHz256 Bit @ 16000 MHz
A730M compare 3072 @ 1.1 GHz192 Bit @ 14000 MHz
A570M compare 16 @ 0.9 - 1.3 GHz128 Bit @ 14000 MHz
A550M compare 16 @ 0.9 - 2.01 GHz128 Bit @ 14000 MHz
A530M 12 @ 0.9 - 1.3 GHz128 Bit @ 14000 MHz
A370M compare 8 @ 1.55 GHz64 Bit @ 14000 MHz
Arc A380 compare 1024 @ 2 GHz96 Bit @ 15500 MHz
A310 compare 6 @ 2 GHz64 Bit @ 15500 MHz
A350M compare 6 @ 1.15 GHz64 Bit @ 14000 MHz
Pipelines24 - unified12 - unified
Core Speed1296 MHz900 - 1300 (Boost) MHz
Memory TypeLPDDR5-6400GDDR6
Shared Memorynono
Power Consumption10 Watt65 Watt (65 - 95 Watt TGP)
technology5 nm6 nm
Date of Announcement10.11.2020 31.07.2023
CodenameAlchemist
ArchitectureXe HPG
TMUs96
ROPs48
Raytracing Cores12
CacheL2: 8 MB
Memory Speed14000 effective = 1750 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Max. Amount of Memory8 GB
Memory Bandwidth224 GB/s
APIDirectX 12_2, Shader 6.6, OpenGL 4.6, OpenCL 3.0, Vulkan 1.3
PCIe4 16x
Displays4 Displays (max.), HDMI 2.0b, DisplayPort 2.0 10G Ready
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.intel.com

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
15730 Points (18%)
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
94 fps (5%)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
99.5 % (100%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
240 fps (44%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
636 fps (47%)
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
416 fps (47%)
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
686 fps (15%)
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
1153 fps (68%)
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
2027 fps (16%)
Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
60 Watt (8%)
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 Power Consumption *
76.3 Watt (17%)
Emissions Witcher 3 Fan Noise + Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU
Emissions - Witcher 3 Fan Noise
35.8 dB(A) (57%)

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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

Borderlands 3

2019
low 1280x720
100%
M1 Max 24-Core GPU:
57.2  fps
med. 1920x1080
100%
M1 Max 24-Core GPU:
47.7  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
M1 Max 24-Core GPU:
40.7  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
M1 Max 24-Core GPU:
34.6  fps
Total War: Three Kingdoms

Total War: Three Kingdoms

2019
low 1280x720
100%
M1 Max 24-Core GPU:
201  fps
med. 1920x1080
100%
M1 Max 24-Core GPU:
96  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
M1 Max 24-Core GPU:
62  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
M1 Max 24-Core GPU:
46  fps
Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

2018
low 1280x720
100%
M1 Max 24-Core GPU:
141  fps
med. 1920x1080
100%
M1 Max 24-Core GPU:
85  fps
high 1920x1080
100%
M1 Max 24-Core GPU:
79  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
M1 Max 24-Core GPU:
77  fps

Average Gaming Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPUlowmed.highultraQHD4K
Borderlands 357.247.740.734.6
Total War: Three Kingdoms201966246
Shadow of the Tomb Raider141857977
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