Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU vs Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU)

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking686not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency11.29no data
ArchitectureGen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)no data
GPU code nameIce Lake G4 Gen. 11no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date28 May 2019 (5 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 cores4840
Core clock speed300 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1100 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology10 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-25 Watt53 Watt

Form factor & compatibility

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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 typeDDR4LPDDR5-6400
Shared memory+-

Supported technologies

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Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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DirectX12_1no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 May 2019 31 October 2023
Chip lithography 10 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 53 Watt

Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) has 341.7% lower power consumption.

Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) and Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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Intel Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU)
Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU)
Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU
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