ION and Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU - video card comparison

ION

Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU

Architecture

Tesla (2006−2010)

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GPU code name

C7A-ION

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Market segment

Desktop

Laptop

Release date

June 2008

October 2023

Interface

PCI

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Core clock speed

450 MHz

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Manufacturing process technology

65 nm

5 nm

Number of transistors

282 million

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Pipelines / CUDA cores

16

40

Power consumption (TDP)

20 Watt

53 Watt

Texture fill rate

3.600

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Memory type

System Shared

LPDDR5-6400

Maximum RAM amount

System Shared

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Memory bus width

System Shared

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Memory clock speed

System Shared

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Shared memory

-

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Display Connectors

No outputs

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DirectX

11.1 (10_0)

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OpenCL

N/A

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OpenGL

3.3

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Shader Model

4.0

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Vulkan

N/A

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