Apple · Apple Silicon
Apple M3 Max (GPU, 30 cores): specs, benchmarks and comparison
- 30 GPU cores
- Render rank (Metal)
- 4 of 18
- among models tested in Blender Benchmark 4.5.0 · 65% of the leader
- Release
- 2023
Performance
Rank among models tested in the same benchmark on the same render backend.
Blender Benchmark 4.5.0
GPU, sum of scenes monster + junkshop + classroom (Metal)
3,448 samples/min
higher is better
Rank 4 of 18 tested on Metal65% of the leader
3,448
02,0004,0006,000
Nearest models in this benchmark
- 2Apple M4 Max (GPU, 32 cores)4,455
- 3Apple M3 Max (GPU, 40 cores)4,272
- 4Apple M3 Max (GPU, 30 cores)3,448
- 5Apple M4 Pro (GPU, 20 cores)2,574
- 6Apple M4 Pro (GPU, 16 cores)2,378
Median of 26 runs · Blender Open Data (Blender Foundation) · November 14, 2026
Other benchmark versions (10)
| Benchmark | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Blender Benchmark 5.2.0 | 3,630 samples/min · small sample | — |
| Blender Benchmark 5.1.1 | 3,730 samples/min · small sample | — |
| Blender Benchmark 5.1.0 | 3,328 samples/min · small sample | — |
| Blender Benchmark 5.0.0 | 3,377 samples/min · small sample | — |
| Blender Benchmark 4.4.0 | 3,427 samples/min · small sample | — |
| Blender Benchmark 4.3.0 | 3,376 samples/min | 4 of 13 |
| Blender Benchmark 4.2.0 | 3,438 samples/min | 3 of 15 |
| Blender Benchmark 4.1.0 | 3,083 samples/min | 2 of 4 |
| Blender Benchmark 4.0.0 | 2,922 samples/min | 2 of 15 |
| Blender Benchmark 3.6.0 | 2,461 samples/min · small sample | — |
Each benchmark version has its own scale; results from different versions are not compared.
Specifications
Chip
- GPU chip
- Apple M3 Max
- Architecture
- Apple Silicon
- Compute units
- 30 GPU cores
Memory
- Memory type
- Unified memory
The GPU uses the system’s unified memory. Capacity depends on the Mac configuration.
Specifications: Apple, checked November 14, 2026.