Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU vs Radeon RX 460

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking432not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.12no data
Power efficiency9.81no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)no data
GPU code nameBaffinno data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date8 August 2016 (8 years ago)31 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$86 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores89618
Core clock speed1090 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1200 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,000 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Wattno data
Texture fill rate67.20no data
Floating-point processing power2.15 TFLOPSno data
ROPs16no data
TMUs56no 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 3.0 x8no data
Length170 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR5LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount2 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1750 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth112.0 GB/sno 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)no data
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2.131-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 August 2016 31 October 2023
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm

Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU has an age advantage of 7 years, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 460 and Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 460 is a desktop card while Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon RX 460
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