Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU vs Radeon R9 M290X

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking500not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.79no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)no data
GPU code nameNeptuneno data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date9 January 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 cores128014
Compute units20no data
Core clock speed850 MHzno data
Boost clock speed900 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Wattno data
Texture fill rate72.00no data
Floating-point processing power2.304 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs80no 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 sizelargemedium sized
Bus supportPCIe 3.0 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no 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 typeGDDR5LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount4 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1200 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data
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Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

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HD3D+-
PowerTune+-
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Switchable graphics+-

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 11no data
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.4no data
OpenCLNot Listedno data
Mantle+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 January 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 Radeon R9 M290X and M3 Pro 14-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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