Apple M3 8-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.
The old M2 SoC showed a difference of around 15% between the 8-core and 10-core variant. Therefore, we expect a similar difference for the M3 models. This means, the M3 8-core version should be slightly faster than 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 limit should be around the same 15 Watt as the 10-core variant.
Apple M3 Series
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| Pipelines | 8 - 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
Benchmarks
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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