Radeon Steam Deck 8CU vs Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataRDNA 2 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameno dataRDNA 2 Sephiroth
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date31 October 2023 (1 year ago)9 November 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores14512
Boost clock speedno data1900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology5 nm6 nm

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeLPDDR5-6400no data
Shared memory--

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXno data12_1

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 5 nm 6 nm

Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU has a 20% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU and Radeon Steam Deck 8CU. We've got no test results to judge.


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Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU
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AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU
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