RTX A500 and Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU - video card comparison

RTX A500

Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU

Architecture

Ampere (2020−2022)

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GPU code name

GA107

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Market segment

Desktop

Laptop

Release date

November 2021

October 2023

Interface

PCIe 4.0 x8

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Supplementary power connectors

None

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Boost clock speed

1770 MHz

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Manufacturing process technology

8 nm

5 nm

Pipelines / CUDA cores

2048

18

Power consumption (TDP)

60 Watt

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Texture fill rate

113.3

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Memory type

GDDR6

LPDDR5-6400

Maximum RAM amount

4 GB

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Memory bus width

64 Bit

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Memory clock speed

14 GB/s

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Memory bandwidth

112.0 GB/s

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Shared memory

-

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Display Connectors

No outputs

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DirectX

12 Ultimate (12_2)

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CUDA

8.6

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OpenCL

3.0

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OpenGL

4.6

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Shader Model

6.7

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Vulkan

1.3

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