Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU vs FirePro M3100

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	no data
GPU code name	Mars	no data
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	no data (2024 years ago)	31 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	40
Core clock speed	650 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	700 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	950 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	53 Watt
Texture fill rate	16.80	no data
ROPs	8	no data
TMUs	24	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	DDR3	LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	2 GB/s	no data
Memory bandwidth	32 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

Portable Device Dependent

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API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_1)	no data
Shader Model	6.5 (5.1)	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.1 (1.2)	no data
Vulkan	1.2.170	-

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography

28 nm

5 nm

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