Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU vs Iris Pro Graphics 5200

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking767not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency7.02no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.5 (2013)no data
GPU code nameHaswell GT3eno data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date27 May 2013 (11 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 cores32018
Core clock speed200 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1200 MHzno data
Number of transistors392 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology22 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Wattno data
Texture fill rate48.00no data
Floating-point processing power0.768 TFLOPSno data
ROPs4no data
TMUs40no 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 sizemedium sizedmedium 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 shared + 128 MB eDRAMLPDDR5-6400
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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependentno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)no data
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.3no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 May 2013 31 October 2023
Chip lithography 22 nm 5 nm

Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 340% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Iris Pro Graphics 5200 and Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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