Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core) vs AMD Radeon 780M

Compared 2 processors: Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core), vs AMD Radeon 780M. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core) and AMD Radeon 780M
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
0
0
0
0
51
26
22
12
The Witcher 3
37
25
0
0
29
25
13
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
0
0
0
0
46
27
19
n/a
Far Cry 6
0
0
0
0
39
31
19
10
Hogwarts Legacy
0
0
0
0
20
15
11
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
0
0
0
0
35
29
20
12
Ghost of Tsushima
0
0
0
0
20
16
10
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
0
0
0
0
20
19
11
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
0
0
0
0
35
31
18
9
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a33
1080p Ultran/a24
1440p Ultran/a16
4K Ultran/a-
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
17182
AMD Radeon 780M
2675
Time Spyn/a2781
Solar Bayn/a11162
Port Royaln/a1580
Fire Striken/a7824
Night Raidn/a33611
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
147719
AMD Radeon 780M
32713
Background Blur204.5 frames/s86.4 frames/s
Face Detection126 frames/s35.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.53 Gpix/sec1.03 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.7 Gpix/sec1.36 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.5 Gpix/sec1.41 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.05 Gpix/sec0.41 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching560.3 Gpix/sec132.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics25267.8 fps4470.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
n/a
AMD Radeon 780M
7001
G2D Markn/a878
DirectX 11n/a67 fps
DirectX 12n/a31 fps
GPU Computen/a3719 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
375.1 fps
AMD Radeon 780M
34.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)831.5 fps183.4 fps
Car Chase517.6 fps202.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1083.9 fps161.6 fps
T-Rex3144.1 fps699.9 fps
ALU 22765.4 fps849.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2570.2 fps268.9 fps
APIMetalOpenGL
OSOS XWindows
Tessellationn/a1373.8
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
21356
AMD Radeon 780M
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
23530
AMD Radeon 780M
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
21706
AMD Radeon 780M
n/a
Image Classification (SP)8094n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)24595n/a
Horizon Detection25190n/a
Face Detection (HP)38337n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)111021n/a
Text Classification (SP)2786n/a
Machine Translation (HP)4339n/a
Object Detection (SP)7668n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)37488n/a
Style Transfer (SP)244483n/a
FrameworkCore MLn/a
BackendGPUn/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
7492.44
AMD Radeon 780M
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Apple AMD
Build Integrated Integrated
Announced March, 5, 2025 January, 4, 2023
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Professional Universal
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Apple M GPU RDNA 3.0
Codename Custom Phoenix

GPU

GPU Frequency n/a 800 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency n/a 2700-2800 MHz
Shader Units 10240 768
TMUs 640 48
ROPs 320 32
Execution Units 1280 12
Ray Tracing Cores n/a 12
L1 cache n/a 128 KB/core
L2 cache n/a 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate n/a 86-90 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate n/a 130-134 GTex/s
FLOPS n/a 4.1-4.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface Custom PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 140 W 15 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Max temperature 100 °C n/a
Transistor Size n/a 178 mm²
Transistor count 184 billion 25.4 billion
Transistor density n/a 142.7 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface System Shared System Shared
Memory Frequency 6400 MHz n/a
Bus 1024 bit n/a
ECC support No n/a
Max Throughput
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
819.3 GB/s
AMD Radeon 780M
n/a

API

DirectX n/a 12
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenGL n/a 4.6
DisplayPort n/a 2.1
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core) the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
2 (22.22%)
7 (77.78%)
Total Votes: 9

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