GPUIntegrated (APU)Released Nov 7, 2023

Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core)

128 GB LPDDR5-6400 · 512-bit · 5,120 cores

This is the full 40-core GPU of the Apple M3 Max, released in the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro in November 2023 on TSMC's 3 nm process. It introduced Dynamic Caching and hardware-accelerated ray tracing and mesh shading to Apple's high-end chips, with 400 GB/s of memory bandwidth. A 30-core version with a 384-bit interface and 300 GB/s was also offered.

General

Manufacturer: Apple
Model: M3 Max GPU (40-core)
Segment: Integrated (APU)
GPU chip: Apple M3 Max
Architecture: Apple GPU (Family 9)
Release date: Nov 7, 2023
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Memory

Memory size: 48 – 128 GB
Memory type: LPDDR5-6400 (unified)
Bus width: 512-bit
Bandwidth: 400 GB/s
Memory clock: 3,200 MHz

Clocks & silicon

GPU clock: —
Boost clock: —
Shader units: 5,120 ALUs (40 cores)
Tensor / AI cores: —
RT cores: —
Transistors: 92 billion
Technology (nm): 3 nm
TSMC N3B
TDP / TBP: —

Interface & APIs

Bus interface: Integrated (on-die)
SLI / multi-GPU: None
DirectX: N/A (macOS / iPadOS)
OpenGL: 4.1 (deprecated on macOS)
Vulkan: via MoltenVK
Other APIs: Metal 4, hardware ray tracing, mesh shading, Dynamic Caching

AI support

Precisions: FP8FP16BF16INT8INT4TF32FP64
AI accelerator: 16-core Neural Engine (18 TOPS, SoC)
Peak AI TOPS: 18 TOPS
Notes: The GPU supports FP16, BF16 and INT8 compute through Metal. The 18 TOPS figure belongs to the separate 16-core Neural Engine in the M3 Max SoC. Apple does not publish a count of dedicated ray tracing units.

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