Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile vs Apple M3 10-Core GPU
Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU
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The Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU is a self-designed graphics card in the Apple M3 Pro (with 12 CPU cores) and offers all eighteen cores available on the chip. The graphics card uses a new architecture and now offers dynamic caching, mesh shading and ray tracing acceleration.
The GPU can access up to 36 GB LPDDR5-6400 unified memory via a 192-bit memory bus (max 150 GBit/s). Thanks to dynamic caching, the GPU only reserves as much memory as is required.
The entire chip is manufactured in the current 3nm process (probably N3B) at TSMC.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile is a high end gaming graphics cards for laptops. It is the 2020 refresh of the GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile and may now also use the TU104 chip with more shaders (as the desktop RTX 2070 Super did). The older mobile RTX 2070 uses the TU106 chip with 2,304 shaders and should be slightly slower than the new Super model.
Features
NVIDIA manufacturers the TU106 and TU104 chips on a 12 nm FinFET process and includes features like Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) and Real-Time Ray Tracing (RTRT), which should combine to create more realistic lighting effects than older GPUs based on the company's Pascal architecture (if the games supports it). The RTX 2070 Super is also DisplayPort 1.4 ready, while there is also support for HDMI 2.0b, HDR, Simultaneous Multi-Projection (SMP) and H.265 video en/decoding (PlayReady 3.0).
Apple M3 10-Core GPU
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The 10-core Apple M3 GPU is an integrated graphics adapter designed by Apple that features 10 cores. This iGPU is built into the Apple M3 SoC and it uses the unified memory architecture (up to 24 GB LPDDR5-6400 with 100 GB/s bandwidth). Compared to M2 series GPUs, this new graphics adapter uses a new architecture with support for mesh shading and ray tracing. Dynamic caching is another new feature worth mentioning - it is coming to optimize shared memory usage.
In our testing, the M3 GPU (10 cores) mostly was 5% to 20% faster than the 10-core M2 GPU depending on the task.
Just like the rest of the Apple M3 chip, the graphics adapter is manufactured on a 3 nm TSMC process (possibly N3B). Our MBP 14 review revealed sustained power consumption figures of around 15 W for the iGPU.
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| Pipelines | 18 - unified | 2560 - unified | 10 - unified | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Type | LPDDR5-6400 | GDDR6 | LPDDR5-6400 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | no | no | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| technology | 5 nm | 12 nm | 5 nm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notebook Size | medium sized | large | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 31.10.2023 | 02.04.2020 | 31.10.2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Codename | N18E-G2R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | Turing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Core Speed | 1140 - 1380 (Boost) MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Speed | 14002 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Bus Width | 256 Bit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Max. Amount of Memory | 8 GB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| API | DirectX 12_1, OpenGL 4.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power Consumption | 115 Watt | 15 Watt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Features | DLSS, Raytraycing, VR Ready, G-SYNC, Vulkan, Multi Monitor, 550 Watt system power recommended | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | M1 8-Core GPU |
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Benchmarks
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU
Average Benchmarks Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU → 100% n=1
Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile → 92% n=1
Average Benchmarks Apple M3 10-Core GPU → 60% n=1
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
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.
Total War Pharaoh
2023
Baldur's Gate 3
2023
Yakuza Like a Dragon
2020
Dirt 5
2020
Watch Dogs Legion
2020
Star Wars Squadrons
2020
Serious Sam 4
2020
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
Death Stranding
2020
F1 2020
2020
Gears Tactics
2020
Doom Eternal
2020
Hunt Showdown
2020
Escape from Tarkov
2020
Need for Speed Heat
2019
GRID 2019
2019
FIFA 20
2019
Borderlands 3
2019
Control
2019
F1 2019
2019
Rage 2
2019
Anno 1800
2019
The Division 2
2019
Dirt Rally 2.0
2019
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
Metro Exodus
2019
Apex Legends
2019
Just Cause 4
2018
Darksiders III
2018
Battlefield V
2018
Hitman 2
2018
Monster Hunter World
2018
Far Cry 5
2018
X-Plane 11.11
2018
Fortnite
2018
Dota 2 Reborn
2015
The Witcher 3
2015
GTA V
2015
BioShock Infinite
2013Average Gaming Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU → 100%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile → 188%
Average Gaming Apple M3 10-Core GPU → 61%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 64%
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| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | ||||
| Total War Pharaoh | 212 | 140 | 77 | 58 | 42 | 130 | 79 | 44 | 33 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Cyberpunk 2077 2.2 Phantom Liberty | 53 | 42.6 | 35 | 30.8 | 33 | 25.7 | 21.3 | 18.1 | |||||||||||||
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 53 | 43 | 32 | 26 | 22 | 19 | |||||||||||||||
| Star Wars Jedi Survivor | 30 | 26 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total War: Three Kingdoms | 87 | 56 | 41 | 25 | 151 | 52 | 33 | 24 | 15 | ||||||||||||
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 71 | 65 | 57 | 37 | 137 | 118 | 113 | 104 | 73 | 37 | 106 | 42 | 38 | 33 | 23 | ||||||
| The Witcher 3 | 43 | 330 | 255 | 163 | 87 | 59 | 37 | 25 | |||||||||||||
| GTA V | 90 | 79 | 52 | 49 | 182 | 177 | 163 | 94 | 98 | 83 | 68 | 44 | |||||||||
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| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 1 1 | 1 3 1 | 4 3 | 1 7 | 2 3 | | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 3 | 1 2 | 1 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 2 2 2 | 2 2 2 | 2 4 1 | 4 3 | 3 | |
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