Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU vs ATI Radeon X600 PRO

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1406not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.33no data
ArchitectureRage 9 (2003−2006)no data
GPU code nameRV380no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 September 2004 (20 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 coresno data18
Core clock speed400 MHzno data
Number of transistors75 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology130 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)36 Wattno data
Texture fill rate1.600no data
ROPs4no data
TMUs4no 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 1.0 x16no 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 typeDDRLPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount128 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed300 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth9.6 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 VGA, 1x S-Videono data

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0bno data
OpenGL2.0no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2004 31 October 2023
Chip lithography 130 nm 5 nm

Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU has an age advantage of 19 years, and a 2500% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X600 PRO and Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon X600 PRO is a desktop card while Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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ATI Radeon X600 PRO
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