Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU vs Apple M1 8-Core GPU
Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU ► remove from comparison
The Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU is a self-designed graphics card in the Apple M3 Pro (with 12 CPU cores) and offers all eighteen cores available on the chip. The graphics card uses a new architecture and now offers dynamic caching, mesh shading and ray tracing acceleration.
The GPU can access up to 36 GB LPDDR5-6400 unified memory via a 192-bit memory bus (max 150 GBit/s). Thanks to dynamic caching, the GPU only reserves as much memory as is required.
The entire chip is manufactured in the current 3nm process (probably N3B) at TSMC.
Apple M1 8-Core GPU ► remove from comparison
The Apple M1 GPU is an integrated graphics card offering 8 cores (1 deactivated core in the entry MacBook Air) designed by Apple and integrated in the Apple M1 SoC . According to Apple it is faster and more energy efficient as competing products (like the Tiger Lake Xe GPU ). The peak performance of the high end variant is 2.6 teraflops and thanks to the unified memory architecture it should have fast access to the RAM.
The Apple M1 is manufactured in the modern 5nm process at TSMC and should offer an excellent energy efficiency. According to internal tools, the M1 GPU uses under load approximately 10 Watt (11.5 Watt package power including the RAM).
Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU Apple M1 8-Core GPU Apple M1 Series Pipelines 18 - unified 8 - unified Memory Type LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR4X-4266 Shared Memory no no technology 5 nm 5 nm Notebook Size medium sized Date of Announcement 31.10.2023 10.11.2020 Core Speed 1278 MHz Theoretical Performance 2.6 TFLOPS FP32 Power Consumption 10 Watt
CPU in M3 Pro 18-Core GPU GPU Base Speed GPU Boost / Turbo Apple M3 Pro 12-Core 12 x 2748 MHz, 27 W ? MHz ? MHz
CPU in M1 8-Core GPU GPU Base Speed GPU Boost / Turbo Apple M1 8 x 2064 MHz ? MHz ? MHz
Benchmarks 3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
280200 Points (32%)
Model CPU GPU RAM Value Apple Mac Mini Late 2020 (M1, 16GB) M1 M1 8-Core GPU 16 GB 280200
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited
min: 7588 avg: 10635 median: 10635 (46%) max: 13682 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Graphics
min: 35978 avg: 39365 median: 39364.5 (87%) max: 42751 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited
min: 8911 avg: 9606 median: 9605.5 (48%) max: 10300 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Graphics
25707 Points (77%)
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
min: 17731 avg: 18099 median: 18177 (9%) max: 18326 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
14545 Points (17%)
min: 4144 avg: 4696 median: 4821 (6%) max: 4997 Points
GPU TDP ? TDP 28 W 32% 100%
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom METAL *
69 Seconds (7%)
Cinebench R15 Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Apple M1 8-Core GPU Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 88.1 avg: 89.1 median: 89.4 (5%) max: 89.8 fps
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + Apple M1 8-Core GPU Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
99.5 % (100%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 4K Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
97.8 fps (40%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
219.7 fps (40%)
min: 60.9 avg: 74.3 median: 78.1 (14%) max: 81.7 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 28 W 34% 100%
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
580 fps (43%)
min: 149 avg: 196.9 median: 206 (15%) max: 216.1 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 28 W 34% 100%
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
436 fps (49%)
min: 150 avg: 167.4 median: 165.1 (19%) max: 197 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 28 W 38% 100%
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
670 fps (14%)
min: 216 avg: 248.2 median: 248.7 (5%) max: 275 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 28 W 37% 100%
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
936 fps (55%)
min: 317 avg: 358.5 median: 345 (20%) max: 408 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 28 W 38% 100%
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
1480 fps (12%)
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Apple M1 8-Core GPU
min: 557 avg: 610 median: 588 (5%) max: 670 fps
GPU TDP ? TDP 28 W 41% 100%
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 GPU
min: 549301 avg: 598951 median: 598951 (75%) max: 648601 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU OpenCL
50373 Points (15%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU Metal
78324 Points (50%)
Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
40 Watt (6%)
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 Power Consumption *
52.1 Watt (11%)
min: 19.6 avg: 39.4 median: 39.4 (9%) max: 59.2 Watt
GPU TDP ? TDP 28 W 103% 100%
Power Consumption - GFXBench Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen Power Consumption 150cd *
min: 16 avg: 16.4 median: 16.5 (6%) max: 16.6 Watt
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency
0.8 fps per Watt (74%)
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 1.075 avg: 1.1 median: 1.1 (89%) max: 1.207 fps per Watt
Emissions Witcher 3 Fan Noise + Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU Emissions - Witcher 3 Fan Noise
25.1 dB(A) (40%)
Average Benchmarks Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU → 100% n=7 Average Benchmarks Apple M1 8-Core GPU → 37% n=7
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
Game Benchmarks The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
212 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
140 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
77 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
58 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
42 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
53 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
42.6 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
35 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
30.8 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
53 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
43 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
30 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
26 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
17 fps
M1 8-Core GPU:
59 60 ~ 60 fps
M1 8-Core GPU:
59 60 60 ~ 60 fps
M1 8-Core GPU:
59 60 ~ 60 fps
M1 8-Core GPU:
59 60 ~ 60 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
87 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
56 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
41 fps
37%
M1 8-Core GPU:
15 15 ~ 15 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
25 fps
M1 8-Core GPU:
64 66 78 ~ 69 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
71 fps
45%
M1 8-Core GPU:
25 27 45 ~ 32 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
65 fps
46%
M1 8-Core GPU:
23 25 43 ~ 30 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
57 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
37 fps
M1 8-Core GPU:
39 44 ~ 42 fps
M1 8-Core GPU:
39.6 [X] Apple Mac Mini Late 2020 (M1, 16GB) Metal
Apple M1 2.1GHz
M1 8-Core GPU
fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
43 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
90 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
79 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
52 fps
100%
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU:
49 fps
Average Gaming Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU → 100% Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming Apple M1 8-Core GPU → 46% Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 51%
Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU low med. high ultra QHD 4K Total War Pharaoh 212 140 77 58 42 Cyberpunk 2077 2.1 Phantom Liberty 53 42.6 35 30.8 Baldur's Gate 3 53 43 Star Wars Jedi Survivor 30 26 17 Total War: Three Kingdoms 87 56 41 25 Shadow of the Tomb Raider 71 65 57 37 The Witcher 3 43 GTA V 90 79 52 49 < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps 1 1 1 3 1 4 3 1 7 2 3
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