14-Core M3 Pro vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Mac 256MB
14-Core M3 Pro
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Mac 256MB
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1792 Shaders
Shared Memory
1398MHz
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32 Shaders
256MB GDDR3
470MHz
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Peak AI Performance
5.01 TFLOPS
FP16
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Peak AI Performance
0.06 TOPS
INT32
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FP32
5.01 TFLOPS
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FP32
60 GFLOPS
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FP16
5.01 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
iGPU
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
Shared
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TDP
20W
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
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GB6 Metal N/A
0%
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GB6 Metal N/A
0%
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GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
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GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
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GB5 OpenCL 46,485
15%
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
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GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
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GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
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GB5 Metal 49,490
27%
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GB5 Metal N/A
0%
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GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
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GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
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OCT Metal N/A
0%
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OCT Metal N/A
0%
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Manufacturer
Apple
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Manufacturer
NVIDIA
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Chip Designer
Apple
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Chip Designer
NVIDIA
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Architecture
Apple Gen 6
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Architecture
Tesla
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Family
M Series
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Family
GeForce 8000
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Codename
G16S
M3 Pro
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Codename
NV84
G84
Variant
NB8P
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Market Segment
Laptop
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Market Segment
Laptop
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Release Date
10/30/2023
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Release Date
5/1/2007
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
80nm
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Die Size
169 mm²
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Transistor Count
289 Million
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Transistor Density
1.71M/mm²
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Form
iGPU
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Form
Soldered
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Shading Units
1792 Shaders
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Shading Units
32 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
112 TMUs
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Texture Mapping Units
16 TMUs
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Render Output Units
56 ROPs
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Render Output Units
8 ROPs
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Ray-Tracing Cores
14 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
4 SMs
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Execution Units
224 EUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
14 GPCs
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1398MHz
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940MHz Shader
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470MHz
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Peak AI Performance
5.01 TFLOPS
FP16
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Peak AI Performance
0.06 TOPS
INT32
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FP16
5.01 TFLOPS
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FP32
5.01 TFLOPS
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FP32
60 GFLOPS
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INT32
0.06 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
78.288 GPixel/s
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Pixel Fillrate
3.76 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
156.576 GTexel/s
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Texture Fillrate
7.52 GTexel/s
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L1
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Unknown
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L1
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Unknown
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L2
Unknown
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L2
64KB Shared
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Shared Memory
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256MB
GDDR3
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Bus Width
128Bit
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Clock
635MHz
Transfer Rate
1.3GT/s
Bandwidth
20.3GB/s
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TDP
Shared
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TDP
20W
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No Ports
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No Ports
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
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Max Resolution
2560x1600
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Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
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Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
-
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
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Multi Monitor Support
2
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Multi Monitor Support
2
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Model
Apple Media Engine 3
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No Encoders
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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ProRes
ProRes Raw
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Model
Apple Media Engine 3
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No Decoders
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
ProRes
ProRes Raw
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Direct X
11
Direct 3D
10_0
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OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
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Shader Model
4.0
CUDA
1.1
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PureVideo HD
VP2
VDPAU
Feature Set A
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Not a Card
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Not a Card
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PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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