Apple M3 10-Core GPU
The Apple M3 GPU is an integrated graphics card offering 10 cores designed by Apple and integrated in the Apple M3 SoC . It uses the unified memory architecture of the M3 SoC (up to 24 GB LPDDR5-6400 with 100 GB/s bandwidth). The GPU uses a new architecture with support for mesh shading and ray tracing. Dynamic caching is also a new feature that should only us as much shared memory as needed.
According to Apple it offers a 20% higher performance compared to the 10-core GPU in the Apple M2 .
The M3 chip is manufactured in the new 3nm process at TSMC (most likely N3B). The power consumption is around 15 Watt (in our tests under load of the MBP14).
Apple M3 Series Pipelines 10 - unified Memory Type LPDDR5-6400 Shared Memory no Power Consumption 15 Watt technology 5 nm Date of Announcement 31.10.2023 Predecessor M1 8-Core GPU
CPU in M3 10-Core GPU GPU Base Speed GPU Boost / Turbo Apple M3 8 x 2748 MHz ? MHz ? MHz
Benchmarks 3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
min: 8239 avg: 8276 median: 8286 (10%) max: 8302 Points
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Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom METAL *
min: 121 avg: 128 median: 129 (13%) max: 134 Seconds
Cinebench R15 + Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
129.8 fps (8%)
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Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
99.5 % (100%)
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GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 4K Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 51.8 avg: 52.2 median: 52.3 (21%) max: 52.6 fps
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GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 114.4 avg: 118.5 median: 120 (22%) max: 121 fps
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GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
min: 320 avg: 326.9 median: 329.6 (24%) max: 331 fps
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GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
min: 259 avg: 262.5 median: 260 (29%) max: 268.6 fps
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GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
min: 370 avg: 378.3 median: 372 (8%) max: 393 fps
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GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
min: 541 avg: 552 median: 551 (32%) max: 563.5 fps
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GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 + GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
min: 835 avg: 849 median: 848 (7%) max: 864.2 fps
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Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU OpenCL
min: 30414 avg: 30463 median: 30470 (9%) max: 30506 points
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Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU Metal
min: 47494 avg: 47626 median: 47686 (31%) max: 47699 points
Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 21.9 avg: 22.8 median: 23.2 (3%) max: 23.2 Watt
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0 5 10 15 20 Tooltip Apple MacBook Air 15 M3: Ø21.9 (21.2-23.7)
Apple MacBook Pro 14 2023 M3: Ø23.2 (22.2-23.9)
Apple MacBook Air 13 M3 10C GPU: Ø23.2 (22.5-24.2)
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 Power Consumption *
min: 28.6 avg: 30 median: 29.6 (7%) max: 31.9 Watt
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0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Tooltip Apple MacBook Air 13 M3 10C GPU: Ø28.6 (28.1-29.3)
Apple MacBook Air 15 M3: Ø29.6 (29.2-30.7)
Apple MacBook Pro 14 2023 M3: Ø31.9 (30.4-33.4)
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency
min: 0.811 avg: 0.8 median: 0.8 (83%) max: 0.878 fps per Watt
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Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 1.034 avg: 1.1 median: 1.1 (91%) max: 1.207 fps per Watt
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Emissions Witcher 3 Fan Noise + Emissions - Witcher 3 Fan Noise
25.1 dB(A) (40%)
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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
Game Benchmarks The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
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low med. high ultra QHD 4K Total War Pharaoh 130 79 44 33 24 Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 Phantom Liberty 33 25.7 21.3 18.1 Baldur's Gate 3 32 26 22 19 Total War: Three Kingdoms 151 52 33 24 15 Shadow of the Tomb Raider 106 42 38 33 23 Far Cry 5 79 46 42 39 26 The Witcher 3 37 25 GTA V 98 83 68 44 < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 5 1 4 4 4
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SoC
M3 Entry
M3
M3 Pro 11-Core CPU
M3 Pro 12-Core CPU
M3 Max 14-Core CPU
M3 Max 16-Core CPU
CPU Cores
4+4
4+4
6+5
6+6
4+10
4+12
GPU Cores
8
10
14
18
30
40
Memory GB
8
8, 24
18, 36
18, 36
36, 96
48, 64, 128
Memory Bandwidth Bit
128
128
196
196
512
512
Memory Bandwidth Gbit/s
100
100
150
150
400
400
Display Support
2
2
3
3
5
5
Transistors Billion
25
25
37
37
92
92
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Class 3 UHD Graphics 32EUs
UHD Graphics 750
Class 4
Class 5
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