Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU vs Iris Pro Graphics 580

VS

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking642not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency21.85no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.0 (2015−2016)no data
GPU code nameSkylake GT4eno data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 September 2015 (9 years ago)10 November 2020 (4 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 cores57632
Core clock speed350 MHz1296 MHz
Boost clock speed950 MHzno data
Number of transistors189 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm+5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt44 Watt
Texture fill rate68.40no data
Floating-point processing power1.094 TFLOPSno data
ROPs9no data
TMUs72no 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).

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 typeDDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount64 GBno data
Memory bus widthSystem Shared512 Bit
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

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2015 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 44 Watt

Iris Pro Graphics 580 has 193.3% lower power consumption.

Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Iris Pro Graphics 580 and M1 Max 32-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
Iris Pro Graphics 580
Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU
M1 Max 32-Core GPU

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


3.4 17 votes

Rate Iris Pro Graphics 580 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
4.1 453 votes

Rate M1 Max 32-Core GPU on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.