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Apple M3 8-Core GPU

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

M3 Max 40-Core GPU compare 40
M3 Max 30-Core GPU compare 30
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU compare 18
M3 Pro 14-Core GPU compare 14
M3 10-Core GPU compare 10
M3 9-Core GPU compare 9
M3 8-Core GPU 8
Pipelines8 - unified
Memory TypeLPDDR5-6400
Shared Memoryno
Power Consumption15 Watt
Man. Technology5 nm
Date of Announcement31.10.2023
PredecessorM1 8-Core GPU

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
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GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 4K Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
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GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
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Apple M3 8-Core GPU
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GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
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Geekbench 6.7 - Geekbench 6.7.1 GPU OpenCL
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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

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  • $968.99
    Apple 2024 MacBook Air 13-Inch with Apple M3 chip 8-core CPU / 10-core GPU, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Space Gray (Renewed)
  • $1,079.99
    Apple 2024 MacBook Air with Apple M3 Chip, 13-inch, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Storage Midnight (Renewed)
  • $979.95
    Apple 2024 MacBook Air with Apple M3 Chip (15-inch, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD Storage) - Midnight (Renewed)
  • $1,074.68
    Apple 2023 MacBook Pro with Apple M3 chip 14-inch, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD Space Gray (Renewed)
  • $879.99
    Apple MacBook Air with Apple M3 Chip, 13-inch, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD Storage, Midnight (Renewed)

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log 30. 04:39:52

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Class 1

Class 2

M5 Max 32-Core GPU *
M5 Pro 16-Core GPU *
M6 12-Core GPU *
Radeon PRO W6600M *

Class 3

M4 9-Core GPU *
Adreno 850 *
UHD Graphics 750
CXTP-48-1536 *
A19 4-Core GPU *

Class 4

Class 5

Class 6

* Approximate position of the graphics adapter

Klaus Hinum (Update: 2026-02-18)