Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU vs GeForce RTX 4090 Ti

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularity54not in top-100
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)no data
GPU code nameAD102no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date2023 (1 year 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 cores1817618
Core clock speed2325 MHzno data
Boost clock speed2565 MHzno data
Number of transistors76,300 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology5 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)600 Wattno data
Texture fill rate1,457no data
Floating-point processing power93.24 TFLOPSno data
ROPs192no data
TMUs568no data
Tensor Cores568no data
Ray Tracing Cores142no 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 4.0 x16no data
Length336 mmno data
Width3-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 16-pinno 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 typeGDDR6XLPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount24 GBno data
Memory bus width384 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1500 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth1.15 TB/sno data
Shared memory--

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 HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4ano data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.7no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA8.9-

Pros & cons summary


We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4090 Ti and Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 4090 Ti is a desktop card while Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Ti
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