Apple 16-Core M2 Pro vs Apple 14-Core M3 Pro Full Specs

Summary

2,048 Shaders 1.4GHz	1,792 Shaders 1.38GHz
Shared Memory204.8GB/sLPDDR5	Shared Memory153.6GB/sLPDDR5
Peak·FP32·FP16 5.73 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 4.95 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
TDP Shared	TDP Shared

Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1398MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1380MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 5.73 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 4.95 TFLOPSFP16
FP32 5.73 TFLOPS	FP32 4.95 TFLOPS
Pixel Rate 89.5 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 77.3 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 178.9 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 154.6 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 2,048 Shaders	Shaders 1,792 Shaders
TMUs 128 TMUs	TMUs 112 TMUs
ROPs 64 ROPs	ROPs 56 ROPs
RT Cores -	RT Cores 14 RT-Cores
EUs 256 EUs	EUs 224 EUs

Clocks

Boost Clock 1.4GHz

Boost Clock 1.38GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 4MB shared

L2 Cache 4MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5	Shared MemoryLPDDR5
Memory Bus 256-bit	Memory Bus 192-bit
Memory Speed 6.4GT/s	Memory Speed 6.4GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 204.8GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 153.6GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 2

Multi-Monitor 2

Encoder

Encoder Model Apple Media Engine 2	Encoder Model Apple Media Engine 3
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) ProRes	Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) ProRes

Decoder

Decoder Model Apple Media Engine 2	Decoder Model Apple Media Engine 3
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - ProRes	Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1 ProRes

Card

Form Factor iGPU

Form Factor iGPU

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer Apple
Architecture Apple Gen 5	Architecture Apple Gen 6
Family M Series	Family M Series
Branding	Branding
Codename G14S	Codename G15S
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Laptop
Release Date Jan 17, 2023	Release Date Oct 30, 2023

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N5P	Fabrication Node N3B
Die Size 295mm²	Die Size 219mm²
Transistor Count 40 Billion	Transistor Count 37 Billion
Transistor Density 136 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 169 MTr/mm²

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