Apple M4 GPU (8-core) vs M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
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Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
Custom
Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
Custom
We compared two integrated laptop professional GPUs: the Apple M4 GPU (8-core) with 128 pipelines and 1024 shaders against the 1 year older M3 Pro GPU (18-core) that utilizes 288 pipelines and 2304 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
- Performs significantly better (up to 77%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 2.1x higher maximum theoretical performance (6.4 vs 3 TFLOPS)
- Achieves 40% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (43K vs 30K)
- Has 28% higher memory bandwidth: 153.6 vs 120 GB/s
- Has 2.3x more shading units (2304 vs 1024)
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Solar Bay | 13969 | 22637 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 7931 | 14021 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 57.4 img/sec | 82.1 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 41.3 img/sec | 53.6 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 1.21 Gpixels/sec | 1.82 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 1.74 Gpixels/sec | 2.59 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 1.12 Gpixels/sec | 1.84 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.43 Gpixels/sec | 0.48 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 94.9 Gpixels/sec | 148.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 3902.5 FPS | 4893.9 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Blender
Blender GPU
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | - | 5578 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | - | 9924 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | - | 13323 |
| Face Detection (HP) | - | 19900 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | - | 35730 |
| Text Classification (SP) | - | 2904 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | - | 4985 |
| Object Detection (SP) | - | 5496 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | - | 23344 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | - | 78342 |
| Framework | - | Core ML |
| Backend | - | GPU |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Apple M4 GPU (8-core) and M3 Pro GPU (18-core)General
| Vendor | Apple | Apple |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | October 29, 2024 | October 31, 2023 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Professional | Professional |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Apple M GPU | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | Custom | Custom |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop |
| Successor | - Apple M5 GPU (8-Core) | - Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) |
| Recommended CPU | - Apple M4 (8-Core) or above | - Apple M3 Pro or above |
| Used in CPUs | - Apple M4 (8-Core) | - Apple M3 Pro |
Laptop GPU ranking (67th and 60th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 500 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1470 MHz | 1380 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 2304 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 64 | 144 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 32 | 72 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 128 | 288 |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 47 GPixel/s | 99 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 94 GTexel/s | 199 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | Custom | Custom |
| TGP | 15 W | 30 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| Transistor Count | - | 25.2 billion |
| Max. Temperature | 100°C | 100°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory Clock | 7500 MHz | 6400 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 15000 Mbps | 12800 Mbps |
| Bus | 128-bit | 192-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | No |
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