Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU vs Qualcomm Adreno 690

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking806not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency26.49no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date6 December 2018 (5 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 coresno data32
Core clock speedno data1296 MHz
Manufacturing process technology5 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)7 Watt44 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 widthno data512 Bit
Shared memory++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 December 2018 10 November 2020
Power consumption (TDP) 7 Watt 44 Watt

Qualcomm Adreno 690 has 528.6% lower power consumption.

Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.

We couldn't decide between Qualcomm Adreno 690 and Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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