GPUs

AMD Viola vs Apple 80-Core M3 Ultra Full Specs

3,840 Shaders
2.23GHz
10,240 Shaders
1.38GHz
Shared Memory
Shared Memory819.2GB/sLPDDR5
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34.3 TFLOPS
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28.26 TFLOPS
Form Factor
iGPU
Form Factor
iGPU
TDP
180W
TDP
Shared

ViolaViola68.6 TFLOPSFP16
x2.43
80-Core M3 Ultra80-Core M3 Ultra28.26 TFLOPSFP16
x1

Clock Speed
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Clock Speed
··
Peak OPS
68.6 TFLOPSFP16
Peak OPS
28.26 TFLOPSFP16
BF16
68.6 TFLOPS
-
FP32
34.3 TFLOPS
FP32
28.26 TFLOPS
FP64
1.07 TFLOPS
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Pixel Rate
214.4 GPixel/s
Pixel Rate
441.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
535.9 GTexel/s
Texture Rate
883.2 GTexel/s

Shaders
3,840 Shaders
Shaders
10,240 Shaders
TMUs
240 TMUs
TMUs
640 TMUs
ROPs
96 ROPs
ROPs
320 ROPs
RT Cores
60 RT-Cores
RT Cores
80 RT-Cores
CUs
60 CUs
EUs
1,280 EUs

Boost Clock
2.23GHz
Boost Clock
1.38GHz

L2 Cache
4.1MB shared
L2 Cache
16.4MB shared

Shared Memory
Shared MemoryLPDDR5
Memory Bus
256-bit
Memory Bus
1024-bit
Memory Speed
18GT/s
Memory Speed
6.4GT/s
Memory Bandwidth
576GB/s
Memory Bandwidth
819.2GB/s

TDP
180W
TDP
Shared

Multi-Monitor
1
Multi-Monitor
8

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Encoder Model
4x Apple Media Engine 3

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Decoder Model
2x Apple Media Engine 3

Form Factor
iGPU
Form Factor
iGPU
Cooling
Open-Air
Cooling
Passive

Manufacturer
Manufacturer
Chip Designer
Chip Designer
Architecture
Architecture
Family
Family
Branding
PlayStation branding
Branding
M3 Ultra branding
Codename
-
Codename
G15D
Market Segment
Console
Market Segment
Workstation
Release Date
Sep 10, 2024
Release Date
Mar 5, 2025

Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
N6
Fabrication Node
N3B
Die Size
260mm²
Die Size
954mm²
Transistor Count
10.6 Billion
Transistor Count
184 Billion
Transistor Density
41 MTr/mm²
Transistor Density
193 MTr/mm²

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