Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU vs GeForce GTX 470M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	694	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	4.79	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	no data
GPU code name	GF104	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	3 September 2010 (15 years ago)	31 October 2023 (2 years 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	288	18
Core clock speed	535 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,950 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	25.68	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.6163 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	24	no data
TMUs	48	no data
L1 Cache	384 KB	no data
L2 Cache	384 KB	no 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 size	large	medium sized
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	GDDR5	LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	no data
Memory bus width	192 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	60.0 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

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API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 API	no data
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.5	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 September 2010	31 October 2023
Chip lithography	40 nm	5 nm