AMD Radeon 780M vs Apple M3 GPU (10-core)

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon 780M, vs Apple M3 GPU (10-core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon 780M and Apple M3 GPU (10-core)
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
51
26
22
12
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
29
25
13
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
46
27
19
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
39
31
19
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
20
15
11
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
35
29
20
12
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
20
16
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
20
19
11
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
35
31
18
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High33n/a
1080p Ultra24n/a
1440p Ultra16n/a
4K Ultra-n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon 780M
2675
Apple M3 GPU (10-core)
3067
Time Spy2781n/a
Solar Bay11162n/a
Port Royal1580n/a
Fire Strike7824n/a
Night Raid33611n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon 780M
32713
Apple M3 GPU (10-core)
30027
Background Blur86.4 frames/s60.3 frames/s
Face Detection35.8 frames/s40.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.03 Gpix/sec1.21 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.36 Gpix/sec1.64 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.41 Gpix/sec1.2 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.41 Gpix/sec0.37 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching132.4 Gpix/sec102.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics4470.7 fps3293.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon 780M
7001
Apple M3 GPU (10-core)
n/a
G2D Mark878n/a
DirectX 1167 fpsn/a
DirectX 1231 fpsn/a
GPU Compute3719 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon 780M
34.6 fps
Apple M3 GPU (10-core)
52.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)183.4 fps329.6 fps
Car Chase202.9 fps268.6 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)161.6 fps194.8 fps
T-Rex699.9 fps864.2 fps
ALU 2849.2 fps400.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2268.9 fps526.7 fps
APIOpenGLMetal
OSWindowsOS X
Tessellation1373.8n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Apple
Build Integrated Integrated
Announced January, 4, 2023 October, 31, 2023
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Universal Professional
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 3.0 Apple M GPU
Codename Phoenix n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 800 MHz 500 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2700-2800 MHz 1600 MHz
Shader Units 768 1280
TMUs 48 80
ROPs 32 40
Execution Units 12 160
Ray Tracing Cores 12 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 2000 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 86-90 Gpix/sec 64 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 130-134 GTex/s 128 GTex/s
FLOPS 4.1-4.3 TFLOPS 4.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 Custom
TGP 15 W 15 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 178 mm² n/a
Transistor count 25.4 billion 13.8 billion
Transistor density 142.7 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface System Shared System Shared
Memory Frequency n/a 6400 MHz
Bus n/a 128 bit
ECC support n/a No
Effective Memory Speed n/a 12800 MB/s
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon 780M
n/a
Apple M3 GPU (10-core)
102.4 GB/s

API

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

Results

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