Apple 9-Core M3-FL vs Qualcomm Adreno X1 3.8T Full Specs

1,152 Shaders
1.34GHz
1,536 Shaders
1.25GHz
Shared Memory102.4GB/sLPDDR5
Shared Memory135.2GB/sLPDDR5X
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3.08 TFLOPS
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3.84 TFLOPS
Form Factor
iGPU
Form Factor
iGPU
TDP
Shared
TDP
15W

Clock Speed
··
Clock Speed
··
Peak OPS
3.08 TFLOPSFP16
Peak OPS
7.68 TFLOPSFP16
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BF16
7.68 TFLOPS
FP32
3.08 TFLOPS
FP32
3.84 TFLOPS
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FP64
960 GFLOPS
Pixel Rate
48.2 GPixel/s
Pixel Rate
60 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
96.3 GTexel/s
Texture Rate
120 GTexel/s

Shaders
1,152 Shaders
Shaders
1,536 Shaders
TMUs
72 TMUs
TMUs
96 TMUs
ROPs
36 ROPs
ROPs
48 ROPs
RT Cores
9 RT-Cores
RT Cores
-
EUs
144 EUs
EUs
12 EUs

Boost Clock
1.34GHz
Boost Clock
1.25GHz

L1
-
L1
4KB/SM Tex
L2 Cache
2MB shared
L2 Cache
1MB shared
L3 Cache
-
L3 Cache
3MB shared

Shared MemoryLPDDR5
Shared MemoryLPDDR5X
Memory Bus
128-bit
Memory Bus
128-bit
Memory Speed
6.4GT/s
Memory Speed
8.4GT/s
Memory Bandwidth
102.4GB/s
Memory Bandwidth
135.2GB/s
ECC
No
ECC
No

TDP
Shared
TDP
15W

Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
5120x2880
Refresh Rate Calculator
7680x4320
Resolution8K UHD
Refresh Rate
60Hz
Refresh Rate Calculator
5120x2880
Resolution5K
Refresh Rate
60Hz
Multi-Monitor
1
Multi-Monitor
2
DSC
Supported
DSC
Not Supported

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DirectX
DirectX 12
Direct3D
12_2

Encoder
Apple Media Engine 3
Encoder
Hexagon AV1
Codec
-
-
-
-
-
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
-
ProRes
Codec
H.263
MPEG-4
VC-1
VP8
VP9
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
AV1
-

Decoder
Apple Media Engine 3
Decoder
Hexagon AV1
Codec
-
-
-
-
-
-
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
AV1
ProRes
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
VC-1
VP8
VP9
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
AV1
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Form Factor
iGPU
Form Factor
iGPU

Manufacturer
Manufacturer
Chip Designer
Chip Designer
Architecture
Architecture
Family
Family
Branding
M3 branding
Branding
Adreno branding
Codename
G15G
Codename
-
Market Segment
Tablet
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
Mar 4, 2025
Release Date
Oct 24, 2023

Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
N3B
Fabrication Node
N4P
Die Size
153mm²
Die Size
170mm²
Transistor Count
25B
Transistor Count
-
Transistor Density
164 MTr/mm²
Transistor Density
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