Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU vs Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU
Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU ► remove from comparison
The Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU is a self-designed graphics card in the Apple M3 Pro (with 12 CPU cores) and offers all eighteen cores available on the chip. The graphics card uses a new architecture and now offers dynamic caching, mesh shading and ray tracing acceleration.
The GPU can access up to 36 GB LPDDR5-6400 unified memory via a 192-bit memory bus (max 150 GBit/s). Thanks to dynamic caching, the GPU only reserves as much memory as is required.
The entire chip is manufactured in the current 3nm process (probably N3B) at TSMC.
Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU ► remove from comparison
The Apple M1 Max 32-Core-GPU is an integrated graphics card by Apple offering all 32 cores in the M1 Max Chip . The 4,096 ALUs offer a theoretical performance of up to 10.4 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.
Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU Apple M1 Series Pipelines 18 - unified 32 - unified Memory Type LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR5-6400 Shared Memory no no technology 5 nm 5 nm Notebook Size medium sized Date of Announcement 31.10.2023 10.11.2020 Core Speed 1296 MHz Theoretical Performance 10.4 TFLOPS FP32 Memory Bus Width 512 Bit Memory Bandwidth 400 GB/s Power Consumption 44 Watt Link to Manufacturer Page www.apple.com
CPU in M3 Pro 18-Core GPU GPU Base Speed GPU Boost / Turbo Apple M3 Pro 12-Core 12 x 2748 MHz, 27 W ? MHz ? MHz
CPU in M1 Max 32-Core GPU GPU Base Speed GPU Boost / Turbo Apple M1 Max 10 x 2060 MHz ? MHz ? MHz
Benchmarks 3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
72116 Points (36%)
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
14545 Points (17%)
min: 20228 avg: 20261 median: 20260.5 (23%) max: 20293 Points
GPU TDP 28 W TDP 44 W 72% 100%
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom METAL *
69 Seconds (7%)
Cinebench R15 Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 94.2 avg: 94.4 median: 94.4 (6%) max: 94.5 fps
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
99.5 % (100%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 4K Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
97.8 fps (40%)
139.6 fps (57%)
GPU TDP 28 W TDP 44 W 70% 100%
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
219.7 fps (40%)
min: 308.5 avg: 309.4 median: 309.4 (56%) max: 310.3 fps
GPU TDP 28 W TDP 44 W 71% 100%
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
580 fps (43%)
min: 718.4 avg: 735 median: 735.2 (54%) max: 752 fps
GPU TDP 28 W TDP 44 W 79% 100%
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
436 fps (49%)
min: 424.2 avg: 437.5 median: 437.5 (49%) max: 450.7 fps
GPU TDP 28 W TDP 44 W 100% 100%
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
670 fps (14%)
min: 894.9 avg: 921 median: 921 (19%) max: 947 fps
GPU TDP 28 W TDP 44 W 73% 100%
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
936 fps (55%)
min: 1162.47 avg: 1227 median: 1227.2 (72%) max: 1292 fps
GPU TDP 28 W TDP 44 W 76% 100%
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
1480 fps (12%)
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU
min: 2057.6 avg: 2252 median: 2251.8 (18%) max: 2446 fps
GPU TDP 28 W TDP 44 W 66% 100%
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU OpenCL
50373 Points (15%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU Metal
78324 Points (50%)
Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
40 Watt (6%)
41.3 Watt (6%)
GPU TDP 28 W TDP 44 W 100% 100%
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 Power Consumption *
52.1 Watt (11%)
104 Watt (23%)
GPU TDP 28 W TDP 44 W 115% 100%
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency
0.8 fps per Watt (74%)
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 1.075 avg: 1.1 median: 1.1 (89%) max: 1.207 fps per Watt
Emissions Witcher 3 Fan Noise + Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU Emissions - Witcher 3 Fan Noise
25.1 dB(A) (40%)
Witcher 3 Fan Noise + Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU
min: 28.8 avg: 34.2 median: 34.2 (55%) max: 39.5 dB(A)
GPU TDP 28 W TDP 44 W 73% 100%
Average Benchmarks Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU → 100% n=8 Average Benchmarks Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU → 134% n=8
- 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 Pro 18-Core GPU:
212 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
140 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
77 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
58 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
42 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
53 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
42.6 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
35 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
30.8 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
53 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
43 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
30 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
26 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
17 fps
M1 Max 32-Core GPU:
33 fps
M1 Max 32-Core GPU:
20.6 fps
M1 Max 32-Core GPU:
201 293 ~ 247 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
87 fps
148%
M1 Max 32-Core GPU:
127 131 ~ 129 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
56 fps
146%
M1 Max 32-Core GPU:
80 83 ~ 82 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
41 fps
146%
M1 Max 32-Core GPU:
59 60 ~ 60 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
25 fps
156%
M1 Max 32-Core GPU:
39 fps
M1 Max 32-Core GPU:
20 fps
M1 Max 32-Core GPU:
139 140 ~ 140 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
71 fps
146%
M1 Max 32-Core GPU:
104 104 ~ 104 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
65 fps
149%
M1 Max 32-Core GPU:
97 97 ~ 97 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
57 fps
154%
M1 Max 32-Core GPU:
87 88 ~ 88 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
37 fps
165%
M1 Max 32-Core GPU:
61 fps
M1 Max 32-Core GPU:
33 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
43 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
90 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
79 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
52 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
49 fps
Average Gaming Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU → 100% Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU → 152% Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 156%
Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU low med. high ultra QHD 4K Total War Pharaoh 212 140 77 58 42 Cyberpunk 2077 2.1 Phantom Liberty 53 42.6 35 30.8 Baldur's Gate 3 53 43 Star Wars Jedi Survivor 30 26 17 Total War: Three Kingdoms 87 56 41 25 Shadow of the Tomb Raider 71 65 57 37 The Witcher 3 43 GTA V 90 79 52 49 < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps 1 1 1 3 1 4 3 1 7 2 3
Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU low med. high ultra QHD 4K Borderlands 3 66 54 47 40 33 20.6 Total War: Three Kingdoms 247 129 82 60 39 20 Shadow of the Tomb Raider 140 104 97 88 61 33 < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1
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