Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU vs Radeon R9 M270

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN (2012−2015)	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 April 2014 (10 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 cores	640	18
Core clock speed	725 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1500 Million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm

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	GDDR5	LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	no data
Shared memory	-	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX

12 (FL 11_1)

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 April 2014	31 October 2023
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm

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