Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU vs ATI Radeon E4690

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1087not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.53no data
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)no data
GPU code nameRV730no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 June 2009 (15 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 cores32014
Core clock speed600 MHzno data
Number of transistors514 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Wattno data
Texture fill rate19.20no data
ROPs8no data
TMUs32no 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
InterfaceMXM-IIno data
WidthMXM Moduleno 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 typeGDDR3LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount512 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1400 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/sno data
Shared memory--

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1no data
Shader Model4.1no data
OpenGL3.3no data
OpenCL1.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2009 31 October 2023
Chip lithography 55 nm 5 nm

Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU has an age advantage of 14 years, and a 1000% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon E4690 and Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon E4690 is a desktop card while Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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