Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU vs GeForce GTX 1650 TU106

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)no data
GPU code nameTU106no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date18 June 2020 (4 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 cores89618
Core clock speed1410 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1590 MHzno data
Number of transistors10,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)90 Wattno data
Texture fill rate89.04no data
Floating-point processing power2.849 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs56no data
Tensor Cores112no data
Ray Tracing Cores14no 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 3.0 x16no data
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR6LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount4 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1500 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth192.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2-
CUDA7.5-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 June 2020 31 October 2023
Chip lithography 12 nm 5 nm

Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 140% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1650 TU106 and Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1650 TU106 is a desktop card while Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 TU106
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