Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU vs Radeon R7 M270DX

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	893	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)	no data
GPU code name	Topaz	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	11 June 2014 (11 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 cores	384	40
Core clock speed	900 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	940 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,550 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	53 Watt
Texture fill rate	22.56	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.7219 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	8	no data
TMUs	24	no data
L1 Cache	96 KB	no data
L2 Cache	256 KB	no 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 size	no data	medium sized
Interface	IGP	no 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 type	System Shared	LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	no data
Memory bus width	System Shared	no data
Memory clock speed	System Shared	no data
Shared memory	+	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	no data
Shader Model	6.3	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 June 2014	31 October 2023
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm

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