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Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core) vs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

53 out 100
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
VS
66 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

Compared 2 processors: Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core), vs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT. 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 9070 XT
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 9070 XT

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
0
0
0
0
237
162
142
109
The Witcher 3
37
25
0
0
255
226
166
88
Counter-Strike 2
0
0
0
0
323
219
160
81
Far Cry 6
0
0
0
0
200
177
155
100
Hogwarts Legacy
0
0
0
0
152
128
104
56
COD Modern Warfare 3
0
0
0
0
240
225
172
114
Ghost of Tsushima
0
0
0
0
156
129
112
71
Cyberpunk 2077
0
0
0
0
185
160
110
51
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
0
0
0
0
279
260
195
106
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a225
1080p Ultran/a187
1440p Ultran/a146
4K Ultran/a86
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
17182
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
26147
Time Spyn/a30268
Solar Bayn/a119007
Port Royaln/a18715
Fire Striken/a66051
Night Raidn/a199232
Sources: 3DMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
147719
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
182816
Background Blur204.5 frames/s427.4 frames/s
Face Detection126 frames/s251 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.53 Gpix/sec6.77 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.7 Gpix/sec9.42 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.5 Gpix/sec9.35 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.05 Gpix/sec1.42 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching560.3 Gpix/sec651.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics25267.8 fps23630 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)], [AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
27224
G2D Markn/a1347
DirectX 11n/a294 fps
DirectX 12n/a80 fps
GPU Computen/a15847 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
375.1 fps
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
298.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)831.5 fps1653.8 fps
Car Chase517.6 fps1403.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1083.9 fps1113.5 fps
T-Rex3144.1 fps4704.1 fps
ALU 22765.4 fps8678.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2570.2 fps313.1 fps
APIMetalOpenGL
OSOS XWindows
Tessellationn/a6928.5
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)], [AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
21356
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
23530
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
21706
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
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 9070 XT
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Apple AMD
Build Integrated Discrete
Announced March, 5, 2025 January, 7, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Professional Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Apple M GPU RDNA 4.0
Codename Custom Navi 48
Price n/a 599

GPU

GPU Frequency n/a 1660 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency n/a 2970 MHz
Shader Units 10240 4096
TMUs 640 256
ROPs 320 128
Execution Units 1280 64
Ray Tracing Cores n/a 64
Tensor Cores n/a 128
L1 cache n/a 128 KB/core
L2 cache n/a 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate n/a 380 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate n/a 760 GTex/s
FLOPS n/a 48.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface Custom PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 140 W 304 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Max temperature 100 °C n/a
Transistor Size n/a 357 mm²
Transistor count 184 billion 53.9 billion
Transistor density n/a 150.98 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface System Shared GDDR6
Memory Frequency 6400 MHz 2518 MHz
Bus 1024 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed n/a 20100 MB/s
Memory Size n/a 16 GB
Max Throughput
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
819.3 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
644.6 GB/s

API

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

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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