Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU vs GeForce GTX 745 OEM

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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
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)no data
GPU code nameGM107no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date18 February 2014 (10 years ago)31 October 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 cores38414
Core clock speed1033 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,870 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Wattno data
Texture fill rate24.79no data
Floating-point processing power0.7933 TFLOPSno data
ROPs16no data
TMUs24no data

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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length145 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDR3LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount4 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed900 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGAno data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)no data
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA5.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 February 2014 31 October 2023
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm

Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU has an age advantage of 9 years, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 745 OEM and Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 745 OEM is a desktop card while Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM
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