Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) vs Apple A18 Pro GPU

Compared 2 processors: Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core), vs Apple A18 Pro GPU. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) and Apple A18 Pro GPU
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)
7464
Apple A18 Pro GPU
1795
Solar Bayn/a7273
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)
71977
Apple A18 Pro GPU
31229
Background Blur120.7 frames/sn/a
Face Detection78.9 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection3.18 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection6.15 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur3.44 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching0.62 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching229.8 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics8822.9 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)
141.8 fps
Apple A18 Pro GPU
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)782.4 fpsn/a
Car Chase484.5 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)516.7 fpsn/a
T-Rex2515.3 fpsn/a
ALU 21157.2 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2478.8 fpsn/a
APIMetaln/a
OSOS Xn/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)
n/a
Apple A18 Pro GPU
6982
GB6 ML Half Precision
Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)
n/a
Apple A18 Pro GPU
8282
GB6 ML Quantized
Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)
n/a
Apple A18 Pro GPU
7200
Image Classification (SP)n/a3264
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a4550
Horizon Detectionn/a6705
Face Detection (HP)n/a11770
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a15548
Text Classification (SP)n/a3678
Machine Translation (HP)n/a5678
Object Detection (SP)n/a3360
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a13468
Style Transfer (SP)n/a31541
Frameworkn/aCore ML
Backendn/aGPU

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Apple Apple
Build Integrated Integrated
Announced October, 18, 2021 September, 9, 2024
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Professional Universal
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Apple M GPU Apple M GPU
Codename n/a Custom

GPU

GPU Frequency 450 MHz n/a
Boost GPU Frequency 1296 MHz 1490 MHz
Shader Units 4096 768
TMUs 256 40
ROPs 128 n/a
Execution Units 512 128
Ray Tracing Cores No n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 166 Gpix/sec n/a
Texture Fill Rate 332 GTex/s 60 GTex/s
FLOPS 10.6 TFLOPS 2.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface Custom Custom
TGP 60 W n/a
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 3 nm
Max temperature 94 °C n/a
Transistor count 46.4 billion n/a

Memory

Interface System Shared System Shared
Memory Frequency 6400 MHz 7500 MHz
Bus 512 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 12800 MB/s n/a
Max Throughput
Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)
409.6 GB/s
Apple A18 Pro GPU
n/a

API

Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) the clear winner in this comparison.

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