Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU vs HD Graphics 12EU Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGeneration 8.0 (2014−2015)no data
GPU code nameBraswell GT1no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 April 2015 (9 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 cores9640
Core clock speed500 MHzno data
Boost clock speed800 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt53 Watt
Texture fill rate6.000no data
Floating-point processing power0.096 TFLOPSno data
ROPs2no data
TMUs12no 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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfaceRing Busno 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 typeSystem SharedLPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amountSystem Sharedno data
Memory bus widthSystem Sharedno data
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno data
Shared memory+-

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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependentno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)no data
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.3no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2015 31 October 2023
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 53 Watt

HD Graphics 12EU Mobile has 783.3% lower power consumption.

Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 12EU Mobile and M3 Max 40-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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