Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU vs Jetson AGX Orin 32 GB

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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
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)no data
GPU code nameGA10Bno data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release dateFebruary 2023 (1 year ago)31 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$899 no data

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 cores179218
Core clock speed930 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Wattno data
Texture fill rate52.08no data
Floating-point processing power3.333 TFLOPSno data
ROPs24no data
TMUs56no data
Tensor Cores56no 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 4.0 x4no 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 typeLPDDR5LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount32 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1600 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth204.8 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data-

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

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.7no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm

Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU has a 60% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Jetson AGX Orin 32 GB and Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin 32 GB
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Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU

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