Check it in About This Mac
- Click the Apple menu in the top left corner of the screen and choose About This Mac.
- If the window has a Chip line, such as Apple M2, that chip contains your graphics. There is no separate graphics card.
- If it shows an Intel processor and a Graphics line instead, you have an older Mac. The Graphics line is your card. Some list two: a built-in Intel one and a separate AMD one.
See more in System Information
- Hold the Option key and choose the Apple menu, then System Information.
- In the left list, open Graphics/Displays.
- You see the chipset model. Apple chips also list the number of GPU cores, and Intel Macs list the video memory.
On macOS Ventura and later you can also open System Settings, then General, then About, and scroll down to System Report.
What the answer means
- Apple M1, M2, M3 or M4, with or without Pro, Max or Ultra: the graphics are built into the chip. The bigger versions have more graphics cores.
- Intel Iris, Intel UHD or Intel HD Graphics: the built-in graphics of an older Intel Mac.
- AMD Radeon Pro: a separate graphics card in an older MacBook Pro, iMac or Mac Pro.
Which browser to use
Chrome and Firefox usually show the real chip name. Safari reports Apple GPU on every Mac and iPhone, on purpose, so sites have a harder time telling you apart from other visitors. If the checker above says Apple GPU, you are in Safari. Open it in Chrome, or use About This Mac.
Find your Mac model
The About This Mac window also shows the model name and year. Look that model up on Apple's technical specifications page and it lists the chip and graphics for it.
Can the graphics be upgraded?
On a Mac with an Apple chip, no. The graphics are inside the chip. On most older Macs they are soldered to the board as well. Only a few models, mainly older Mac Pro towers, take replaceable graphics cards.