Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU vs VIA Chrome9 HC

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
GPU code name	VN896	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 March 2007 (17 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 cores	3	18
Core clock speed	1 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	250 MHz	no data
Manufacturing process technology	no data	5 nm

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 size

no data

medium sized

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 type	onboard	LPDDR5-6400
Shared memory	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX

onboard

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency

1 March 2007

31 October 2023

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