Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU vs NVIDIA T550 Laptop 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).
NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU ► remove from comparison
The Nvidia T550 Laptop GPU (formerly known as Quadro T550 Mobile) for laptops is a professional mobile graphics card that is based on the Turing architecture (TU117 chip). It is based on the consumer GeForce MX550 and features the same 1024 cores and a 64 Bit memory bus. The card offers 4 GB GDDR6 with a maximum bandwidth of 112 GB/s and no dedicated display outputs (iGPU display outputs used via Optimus). The chip is manufactured in 12nm FinFET at TSMC.
The professional GPUs offer certified drivers , which are optimized for stability and performance in professional applications (CAD, DCC, medical, prospection, and visualizing applications). The performance in these areas is therefore much better compared to corresponding consumer GPUs.
The Turing generation did not only introduce raytracing for the RTX cards, but also optimized the architecture of the cores and caches. According to Nvidia the CUDA cores offer now a concurrent execution of floating point and integer operations for increased performance in compute-heavy workloads of modern games. Furthermore, the caches were reworked (new unified memory architecture with twice the cache compared to Pascal). This leads to up to 50% more instructions per clock and a 40% more power efficient usage compared to Pascal. In contrary to the faster Quadro RTX cards, the T550 does not feature raytracing and Tensor cores.
Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU Quadro Turing Series Pipelines 40 - unified 1024 - unified Memory Type LPDDR5-6400 GDDR5, GDDR6 Shared Memory no no Power Consumption 53 Watt 25 Watt (20 - 60 Watt TGP) technology 5 nm 12 nm Notebook Size medium sized medium sized Date of Announcement 31.10.2023 27.05.2022 Codename TU117 Architecture Turing Core Speed 1065 - 1665 (Boost) MHz Theoretical Performance 7.2 TFLOPS FP16, 3.7 TFLOPS FP32 Memory Speed 12000 effective = 1500 MHz Memory Bus Width 64 Bit Max. Amount of Memory 4 GB Memory Bandwidth 112 GB/s API DirectX 12_1, Shader 6.7, OpenGL 4.6 Information Optimus only Link to Manufacturer Page nvdam.widen.net
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
Benchmarks 3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
min: 2031 avg: 2187 median: 2066 (6%) max: 2465 Points
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 30 W 83% 100%
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
min: 1882 avg: 2021 median: 1928 (5%) max: 2252 Points
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 30 W 85% 100%
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 17399 avg: 17614 median: 17614 (19%) max: 17829 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 32743 avg: 33219 median: 33218.5 (9%) max: 33694 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 4559 avg: 4786 median: 4581 (8%) max: 5218 Points
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 30 W 88% 100%
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 4816 avg: 5100 median: 4890 (6%) max: 5593 Points
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 30 W 87% 100%
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
min: 31268 avg: 31336 median: 31335.5 (36%) max: 31403 Points
min: 3530 avg: 3590 median: 3589.5 (4%) max: 3649 Points
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 60 W 11% 100%
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 7405 avg: 8160 median: 8160 (11%) max: 8915 Points
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 30 W 83% 100%
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 7432 avg: 8067 median: 8066.5 (7%) max: 8701 Points
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 30 W 85% 100%
3DMark Vantage 3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
25155 Points (7%)
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
24697 Points (14%)
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU
31003 Points (41%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CUDA *
min: 278 avg: 282 median: 283 (42%) max: 285 Seconds
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 30 W 100% 102%
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom OPTIX *
min: 256 avg: 263.3 median: 265 (99%) max: 269 Seconds
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 30 W 100% 650%
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom METAL *
min: 29.6 avg: 30.8 median: 30.8 (3%) max: 32 Seconds
SPECviewperf 13 specvp13 sw-04 + NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 sw-04
min: 95 avg: 98.8 median: 95.8 (26%) max: 105.68 fps
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 30 W 90% 100%
specvp13 snx-03 + NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 snx-03
min: 95.8 avg: 101.7 median: 99.7 (11%) max: 109.67 fps
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 30 W 89% 100%
specvp13 showcase-02 + NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 showcase-02
min: 24.8 avg: 26.1 median: 25.3 (6%) max: 28.06 fps
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 30 W 89% 100%
specvp13 medical-02 + NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 medical-02
min: 34.5 avg: 37.2 median: 36.2 (8%) max: 40.74 fps
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 30 W 87% 100%
specvp13 maya-05 + NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 maya-05
min: 77.5 avg: 82 median: 80.9 (9%) max: 87.57 fps
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 30 W 90% 100%
specvp13 energy-02 + NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 energy-02
min: 11.7 avg: 12.4 median: 12 (4%) max: 13.37 fps
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 30 W 89% 100%
specvp13 creo-02 + NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 creo-02
min: 82.4 avg: 86.2 median: 85.5 (13%) max: 90.66 fps
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 30 W 93% 100%
specvp13 catia-05 + NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 catia-05
min: 104 avg: 110.4 median: 109 (12%) max: 118.22 fps
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 30 W 90% 100%
specvp13 3dsmax-06 + NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 3dsmax-06
min: 61.6 avg: 63.7 median: 63 (11%) max: 66.38 fps
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 30 W 94% 100%
SPECviewperf 2020 specvp2020 solidworks-05 1080p + NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 solidworks-05 1080p
min: 46.3 avg: 54 median: 54.3 (11%) max: 61.38 fps
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 30 W 82% 100%
specvp2020 snx-04 1080p + NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 snx-04 1080p
min: 84 avg: 99.4 median: 99.3 (16%) max: 114.82 fps
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 30 W 80% 100%
specvp2020 medical-03 1080p + NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 medical-03 1080p
min: 13.5 avg: 15.6 median: 15.4 (11%) max: 17.87 fps
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 30 W 81% 100%
specvp2020 maya-06 1080p + NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 maya-06 1080p
min: 86.9 avg: 98.2 median: 98.1 (14%) max: 109.68 fps
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 30 W 84% 100%
specvp2020 energy-03 1080p + NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 energy-03 1080p
min: 10.6 avg: 12.1 median: 12 (10%) max: 13.56 fps
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 30 W 83% 100%
specvp2020 creo-03 1080p + NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 creo-03 1080p
min: 44.5 avg: 46.2 median: 45.7 (23%) max: 48.5 fps
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 30 W 100% 98%
specvp2020 catia-06 1080p + NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 catia-06 1080p
min: 22.4 avg: 25.6 median: 24.9 (16%) max: 29.58 fps
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 30 W 80% 100%
specvp2020 3dsmax-07 1080p + NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 3dsmax-07 1080p
min: 28.3 avg: 30 median: 29.6 (13%) max: 32.03 fps
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 30 W 90% 100%
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 + NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU
min: 184.9 avg: 193 median: 189.2 (11%) max: 205 fps
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 30 W TDP 60 W 91% 100% 67%
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 + NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU
99.6 % (100%)
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 30 W TDP 60 W 100% 100% 100%
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 4K Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 188.2 avg: 196 median: 196 (80%) max: 203.7 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 416 avg: 431 median: 431 (78%) max: 446 fps
19 fps (3%)
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 60 W 4% 100%
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
min: 858 avg: 863 median: 863 (64%) max: 868 fps
43.5 fps (3%)
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 60 W 5% 100%
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
min: 556 avg: 560 median: 560 (63%) max: 564 fps
118.3 fps (13%)
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 60 W 21% 100%
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
min: 1163 avg: 1178 median: 1178 (25%) max: 1193 fps
172.6 fps (4%)
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 60 W 15% 100%
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
min: 1557 avg: 1573 median: 1573 (92%) max: 1589 fps
229.9 fps (13%)
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 60 W 15% 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 + NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU
449.9 fps (4%)
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 60 W 15% 100%
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU OpenCL
min: 91413 avg: 91416 median: 91415.5 (26%) max: 91418 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU Metal
min: 154675 avg: 155214 median: 155214 (100%) max: 155752 Points
ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
5190 Points (6%)
Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 34.2 avg: 34.7 median: 34.7 (5%) max: 35.1 Watt
Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 87.7 avg: 91.6 median: 91.6 (13%) max: 95.4 Watt
min: 41.2 avg: 41.3 median: 41.3 (6%) max: 41.4 Watt
GPU TDP 20 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
min: 42.9 avg: 44.1 median: 44.1 (10%) max: 45.3 Watt
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 60 W 116% 100%
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency
min: 0.633 avg: 0.8 median: 0.8 (73%) max: 0.995 fps per Watt
min: 0.4393 avg: 0.4 median: 0.4 (40%) max: 0.4569 fps per Watt
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 60 W 55% 100%
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: 0.4734 avg: 0.5 median: 0.5 (40%) max: 0.483 fps per Watt
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 60 W 54% 100%
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 + NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU
min: 38.2 avg: 40.4 median: 40.5 (65%) max: 42.5 dB(A)
GPU TDP 20 W TDP 30 W TDP 60 W 91% 99% 100%
Average Benchmarks Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU → 100% n=9 Average Benchmarks NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU → 36% n=9
- 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
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
138 139 ~ 139 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
97 121 ~ 109 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
82 82 ~ 82 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
45 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
44 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
43.7 44.4 ~ 44 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
40.8 42.8 ~ 42 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
35.5 37.4 ~ 36 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
96 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
90 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
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
109 113 ~ 111 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
80 84 ~ 82 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
54 58 ~ 56 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
145 150 ~ 148 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
135 143 ~ 139 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
118 122 ~ 120 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
86 88 ~ 87 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
56 fps
73%
T550 Laptop GPU:
41 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
53 54 ~ 54 fps
70%
T550 Laptop GPU:
38 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
50 51 ~ 51 fps
69%
T550 Laptop GPU:
35 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
49 49 ~ 49 fps
T550 Laptop GPU:
73 75 78 ~ 75 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
87 fps
47%
T550 Laptop GPU:
39 40 43 ~ 41 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
69 92 ~ 81 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
77 79 ~ 78 fps
100%
M3 Max 40-Core GPU:
53 54 ~ 54 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 NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU → 60% Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 68%
Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU low med. high ultra QHD 4K Total War Pharaoh 242 210 139 109 82 Cyberpunk 2077 2.1 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
NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU low med. high ultra QHD 4K F1 22 69 62 43 31 F1 2021 153 74 59 37 Strange Brigade 131 52 42 36 Far Cry 5 75 41 38 35 X-Plane 11.11 70 63 57 Final Fantasy XV Benchmark 62 31 22 Dota 2 Reborn 117 105 95 88 The Witcher 3 128 75 41 21 GTA V 116 114 62 29 < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps 6 3 3 6 1 6 2 2 4 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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