Home GPU comparison Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core) and AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX - Which is better?

Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core) vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

53 out 100
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
VS
79 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Compared 2 processors: Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core), vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core) and AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
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
Processors:
M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
vs
Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
0
0
0
0
253
180
159
120
The Witcher 3
37
25
0
0
270
255
184
93
Counter-Strike 2
0
0
0
0
324
232
169
87
Far Cry 6
0
0
0
0
209
187
168
106
Hogwarts Legacy
0
0
0
0
171
143
110
63
COD Modern Warfare 3
0
0
0
0
256
254
188
132
Ghost of Tsushima
0
0
0
0
170
142
124
79
Cyberpunk 2077
0
0
0
0
206
180
126
59
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
0
0
0
0
293
275
207
113
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a239
1080p Ultran/a205
1440p Ultran/a159
4K Ultran/a95
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
17182
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
29862
Time Spyn/a30610
Solar Bayn/a121915
Port Royaln/a16607
Fire Striken/a73014
Night Raidn/a182333
Sources: 3DMark [AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
147719
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
224686
Background Blur204.5 frames/s423.9 frames/s
Face Detection126 frames/s270.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.53 Gpix/sec9.23 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.7 Gpix/sec13.7 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.5 Gpix/sec11.1 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.05 Gpix/sec1.74 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching560.3 Gpix/sec871 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics25267.8 fps29891.2 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)], [AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
31104
G2D Markn/a1252
DirectX 11n/a357 fps
DirectX 12n/a128 fps
GPU Computen/a18188 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
375.1 fps
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
405.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)831.5 fps1822 fps
Car Chase517.6 fps1721.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1083.9 fps1382 fps
T-Rex3144.1 fps5784.5 fps
ALU 22765.4 fps10100.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2570.2 fps326.5 fps
APIMetalOpenGL
OSOS XWindows
Tessellationn/a8087.1
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)], [AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
21356
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
23530
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
21706
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
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
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
7492.44
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Apple AMD
Build Integrated Discrete
Announced March, 5, 2025 November, 3, 2022
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Professional Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Apple M GPU RDNA 3.0
Codename Custom Navi 31
Price n/a 999

GPU

GPU Frequency n/a 1929 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency n/a 2498 MHz
Shader Units 10240 6144
TMUs 640 384
ROPs 320 192
Execution Units 1280 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores n/a 96
L1 cache n/a 256 KB/core
L2 cache n/a 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate n/a 480 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate n/a 959 GTex/s
FLOPS n/a 61.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface Custom PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 140 W 355 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 3 nm 5 nm
Max temperature 100 °C n/a
Transistor Size n/a 529 mm²
Transistor count 184 billion 57 billion
Transistor density n/a 107.75 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface System Shared GDDR6
Memory Frequency 6400 MHz 2500 MHz
Bus 1024 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed n/a 20000 MB/s
Memory Size n/a 24 GB
Max Throughput
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
819.3 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
960 GB/s

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 AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX the clear winner in this comparison.

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