9-Core M3-FL vs Imagination PowerVR GX6850 A8X

9-Core M3-FL
Imagination PowerVR GX6850 A8X
1152 Shaders
Shared Memory
1398MHz
256 Shaders
Shared Memory
450MHz
Peak AI Performance
3.22 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
460 GFLOPS
FP16
FP32
3.22 TFLOPS
FP32
230 GFLOPS
FP16
3.22 TFLOPS
FP16
460 GFLOPS
Form Factor
iGPU
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Form Factor
iGPU
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TDP
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TDP
Shared
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
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GB6 Metal N/A
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GB6 Metal N/A
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GB6 Vulkan N/A
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GB6 Vulkan N/A
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
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GB5 CUDA N/A
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GB5 CUDA N/A
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GB5 Metal N/A
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GB5 Metal 760
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GB5 Vulkan N/A
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GB5 Vulkan N/A
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
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Manufacturer
Apple
Manufacturer
Imagination
Chip Designer
Apple
Chip Designer
Imagination
Architecture
Apple Gen 6
Architecture
Rogue
Family
M Series
Family
A Series
Codename
G16G
M3
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Codename
Series6XT
A8X
Variant
GXA6850
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Tablet
Release Date
3/4/2025
Release Date
10/22/2014
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Form
iGPU
Form
iGPU
Shading Units
1152 Shaders
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Shading Units
256 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
72 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
16 TMUs
Render Output Units
36 ROPs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
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Ray-Tracing Cores
9 RT-Cores
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Execution Units
144 EUs
Execution Units
16 EUs
Graphics Processing Clusters
9 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
8 GPCs
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1398MHz
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450MHz
Peak AI Performance
3.22 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
460 GFLOPS
FP16
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FP16
3.22 TFLOPS
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FP16
460 GFLOPS
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FP32
3.22 TFLOPS
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FP32
230 GFLOPS
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FP64
10 GFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
50.328 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
7.2 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
100.656 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
7.2 GTexel/s
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L1
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L1
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L2
Unknown
L2
Unknown
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Shared Memory
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Shared Memory
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TDP
Shared
TDP
Shared
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
2048x1536
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
1
Multi Monitor Support
1
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Model
Apple Media Engine 3
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
No Decoders
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
10
Direct 3D
10_0
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OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.2
Vulkan
1.1
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Not a Card
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Not a Card
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Change Comparison