Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU vs GeForce GTX 465

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking555not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.15no data
Power efficiency2.39no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)no data
GPU code nameGF100no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date31 May 2010 (14 years ago)31 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$279 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores35214
Core clock speed607 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,100 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate26.75no data
Floating-point processing power0.8554 TFLOPSno data
Compute performance30xno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs44no 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
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0 x 16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length241 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data
SLI options+-

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 amount1 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1603 MHz (3206 data rate)no data
Memory bandwidth102.6 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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVIMini HDMIno data
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)no data
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.2no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 May 2010 31 October 2023
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm

Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU has an age advantage of 13 years, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 465 and Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 465 is a desktop card while Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465
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