Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU vs UHD Graphics

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking604not rated
Place by popularity7not in top-100
Power efficiency38.25no data
ArchitectureGeneration 11.0 (2019−2021)no data
GPU code nameJasper Lake GT1no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date11 January 2021 (3 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 cores25618
Core clock speed350 MHzno data
Boost clock speed750 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology10 nm+5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Wattno data
Texture fill rate12.00no data
Floating-point processing power0.384 TFLOPSno data
ROPs8no data
TMUs16no 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
InterfaceRing Busno 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 typeSystem SharedLPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amountSystem Sharedno data
Memory bus widthSystem Sharedno data
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno 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

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.2-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 January 2021 31 October 2023
Chip lithography 10 nm 5 nm

Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

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


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