Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU vs HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1189not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGen. 7 Ivy Bridge (2012)no data
GPU code nameIvy Bridge GT1no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 October 2012 (12 years ago)10 November 2020 (3 years 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 cores632
Core clock speed350 MHz1296 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology22 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data44 Watt

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 typeno dataLPDDR5-6400
Memory bus width64/128 Bit512 Bit
Shared memory+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2012 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 22 nm 5 nm

Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU has an age advantage of 8 years, and a 340% more advanced lithography process.

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