Intel UHD Graphics 730 vs Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)
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Intel UHD Graphics 730
Rocket Lake GT1
We compared two integrated laptop graphics cards: the Intel UHD Graphics 730 with 24 pipelines and 192 shaders against the 9 months newer Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) that utilizes 512 pipelines and 4096 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
DeviceFacts Final Score
Overall video card score
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)
- Performs significantly better (up to 16.5x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 17.7x higher maximum theoretical performance (10.6 vs 0.6 TFLOPS)
- Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
- Achieves 10.9x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (71K vs 6K)
- Has 21.3x more shading units (4096 vs 192)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 11 - - - |
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| The Witcher 3 | 9 - - - |
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 13 9 - - |
- |
| Far Cry 6 | - - - - |
- |
| 1080p High | - | - |
| 1080p Ultra | - | - |
| 1440p Ultra | - | - |
| 4K Ultra | - | - |
| Margin of Error | Low | Medium |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 608 | - |
| Solar Bay | - | 22586 |
| Fire Strike | 2250 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | 1516 | 19880 |
| Night Raid | 8988 | - |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 13.7 img/sec | 120.7 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 8.19 img/sec | 78.9 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 0.26 Gpixels/sec | 3.18 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 0.38 Gpixels/sec | 6.15 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 0.25 Gpixels/sec | 3.44 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.09 Gpixels/sec | 0.62 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 19.2 Gpixels/sec | 229.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 887.2 FPS | 8822.9 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 426 | - |
| DirectX 11 | 10 FPS | - |
| DirectX 12 | 7 FPS | - |
| GPU Compute | 628 Ops/s | - |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | - | 5466 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | - | 12415 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | - | 15930 |
| Face Detection (HP) | - | 23179 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | - | 58520 |
| Text Classification (SP) | - | 2299 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | - | 1713 |
| Object Detection (SP) | - | 5388 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | - | 26458 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | - | 98278 |
| Framework | - | Core ML |
| Backend | - | GPU |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Intel UHD Graphics 730 and Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)General
| Vendor | Intel | Apple |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | January 1, 2021 | October 18, 2021 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Generic | Professional |
| Segment | Entry-level | High-end |
| Architecture | Generation 12.1 | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | Rocket Lake GT1 | - |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop |
| Successor | - | - Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i5 11400 or above | - Apple M1 Max or above |
| Used in CPUs | - Intel Processor N250 - Intel Processor N150 - Intel Core i5 14400 - Intel Core i3 14100 - Intel Core i3 13100 - Intel Core i5 13400 - Intel Core i3 12100 - Intel Core i5 12400 - and 1 more |
- Apple M1 Max |
Laptop GPU ranking (140th and 54th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 300 MHz | 450 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 900-1550 MHz (configurable) | 1296 MHz |
| Shading Units | 192 | 4096 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 48 | 256 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 24 | 128 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 24 | 512 |
| Tensor Cores | No | - |
| Ray-tracing Cores | No | No |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 22-37 GPixel/s | 166 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 43-74 GTexel/s | 332 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | Ring Bus | Custom |
| TGP | 15 W | - |
| Manufacturing | - | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Transistor Count | - | 46.4 billion |
| Max. Temperature | - | 94°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory Clock | - | 6400 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | - | 12800 Mbps |
| Bus | - | 512-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | - |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | - |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | - |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | - |
| Ray Tracing | No | No |
| DLSS | No | No |
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