Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU vs Arc 8-Core iGPU

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking293not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureXe LPG (2023)no data
GPU code nameMeteor Lake iGPUno data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)17 January 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 cores830
Boost clock speed2300 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology5 nm5 nm

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

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
Shared memory--

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_2no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 December 2023 17 January 2023

Arc 8-Core iGPU has an age advantage of 10 months.

We couldn't decide between Arc 8-Core iGPU and Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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Intel Arc 8-Core iGPU
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