Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU vs RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	92	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	25.58	no data
Architecture	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	21 March 2023 (1 year 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 cores	4608	18
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt (35 - 115 Watt TGP)	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

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	GDDR6	LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	16000 MHz	no data
Shared memory	-	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX

12 Ultimate

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency

21 March 2023

31 October 2023

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