Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU vs Arc A530M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking308not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency18.70no data
ArchitectureGeneration 12.7 (2022−2023)no data
GPU code nameDG2-256no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 August 2023 (1 year 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 cores153630
Core clock speed900 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1300 MHzno data
Number of transistors11,500 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology6 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt53 Watt
Texture fill rate124.8no data
Floating-point processing power3.994 TFLOPSno data
ROPs48no data
TMUs96no data
Tensor Cores192no data
Ray Tracing Cores12no 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
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8no 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 typeGDDR6LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount8 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1750 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/sno 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 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.6no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 August 2023 31 October 2023
Chip lithography 6 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 53 Watt

Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU has an age advantage of 2 months, a 20% more advanced lithography process, and 22.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Arc A530M and M3 Max 30-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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Intel Arc A530M
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