AMD Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) vs Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
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Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
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We compared two integrated laptop graphics cards: the Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) with 2 pipelines and 128 shaders against the 1 year and 1 month newer Apple 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
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
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 10x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 10.7x higher maximum theoretical performance (6.4 vs 0.6 TFLOPS)
- Manufactured using a more efficient 3 nm process technology
- Has 18x more shading units (2304 vs 128)
- Achieves 6.9x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (43K vs 6K)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 13 - - - |
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 19 14 10 - |
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| Far Cry 6 | 11 - - - |
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| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 15 10 10 - |
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| Ghost of Tsushima | - - - - |
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| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | - 9 - - |
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| 1080p High | 10 | - |
| 1080p Ultra | - | - |
| 1440p Ultra | - | - |
| 4K Ultra | - | - |
| Margin of Error | Low | Medium |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 711 | - |
| Solar Bay | 2915 | 22637 |
| Port Royal | 333 | - |
| Fire Strike | 2412 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | 1404 | 14021 |
| Night Raid | 9994 | - |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 13.4 img/sec | 82.1 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 8.66 img/sec | 53.6 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 0.23 Gpixels/sec | 1.82 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 0.32 Gpixels/sec | 2.59 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 0.2 Gpixels/sec | 1.84 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.08 Gpixels/sec | 0.48 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 24.2 Gpixels/sec | 148.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 827 FPS | 4893.9 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 515 | - |
| DirectX 11 | 16 FPS | - |
| DirectX 12 | 7 FPS | - |
| GPU Compute | 1159 Ops/s | - |
Recent User Tests
Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-04-27 -> Lello75 | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 5946 |
Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
No benchmark results yet
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) | 679 | 5578 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 642 | 9924 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 2131 | 13323 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 2204 | 19900 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 5478 | 35730 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 728 | 2904 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 1231 | 4985 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 729 | 5496 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 3337 | 23344 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 11335 | 78342 |
| Framework | ONNX | Core ML |
| Backend | DirectML | GPU |
Results were compared using different ML frameworks
Specifications
Technical specifications of Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) and Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)General
| Vendor | Amd | Apple |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | October 1, 2022 | October 31, 2023 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Generic | Professional |
| Segment | Entry-level | Mid-range |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | Raphael | Custom |
| Rival Equivalent | - Intel UHD Graphics 770 | - GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop |
| Successor | - | - Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) |
| Recommended CPU | - AMD Ryzen 5 7600 or above | - Apple M3 Pro or above |
| Used in CPUs | - AMD Ryzen 9 Pro 9965X3D - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 - AMD Ryzen 9 Pro 9945 - AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 9745 - AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 9645 - AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D - AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D - and 14 more |
- Apple M3 Pro |
Laptop GPU ranking (121st and 60th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 400 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2200 MHz | 1380 MHz |
| Shading Units | 128 | 2304 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 8 | 144 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 4 | 72 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 2 | 288 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 2 | - |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | - |
| L2 Cache | 2MB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 9 GPixel/s | 99 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 18 GTexel/s | 199 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | Custom |
| TGP | 15 W | 30 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 6 nm | 3 nm |
| Die Size | 122 mm² | - |
| Transistor Count | 3.4 billion | 25.2 billion |
| Transistor Density | 27.87 MTr/mm² | - |
| Max. Temperature | - | 100°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory Clock | - | 6400 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | - | 12800 Mbps |
| Bus | - | 192-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12.2 | - |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | - |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | - |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | - |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | No |
Further details
Notes on Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000):
- Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) in essence is just rebranded Radeon 610M.
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