Arc 7-Cores iGPU vs Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated314
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataXe LPG (2023)
GPU code nameno dataMeteor Lake iGPU
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date31 October 2023 (1 year ago)14 December 2023 (less than a 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 cores187
Boost clock speedno data2200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology5 nm5 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_2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 October 2023 14 December 2023

Arc 7-Cores iGPU has an age advantage of 1 month.

We couldn't decide between Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU and Arc 7-Cores iGPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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