Intel UHD Graphics 32EUs (Alder Lake) vs Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU vs Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU

Intel UHD Graphics 32EUs (Alder Lake)

Die Intel Xe Graphics 32 EUS (Alder Lake) ist eine Prozessorgrafikkarte, die Anfang 2023 vorgestellt wurde. Sie basiert auf die Xe Architektur (Gen12) und bietet in Alder Lake CPUs nur 32 der 96 verbauten Execution Units (EUs). Die GPU wird im verbesserten 10nm Verfahren (Intel 7) bei Intel gefertigt. Die Rohleistung ist vergleichbar mit der Radeon RX Vega 6 (in Ryzen 5000 CPUs), jedoch ist die Spieleleistung geringer durch den schwächeren Treibersupport (in 2022). Nur anspruchslose Spiele wie Dota 2 Reborn sind mit geringsten Settings flüssig spielbar (siehe unten).

Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU

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

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).