Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU vs Xe DG1 LP (iDG1LP) Mobile

Primary Details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGen. 12 Xe (2020)no data
GPU code nameiDG1LPDEVno data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 March 2020 (4 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed Specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores9638
Boost clock speed1500 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data53 Watt

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on Xe DG1 LP (iDG1LP) Mobile and Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

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 typeGDDR6LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount3 GBno data
Shared memory--

Pros & Cons Summary


Recency 1 March 2020 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm

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