Apple M3 Pro GPU 14-core vs Radeon HD 7970: graphics card comparison

Performance score

Apple M3 Pro GPU 14-core · shared with RAM

6.97

Radeon HD 7970 · 3 GB GDDR5

7.00

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Apple M3 Pro GPU 14-core and Radeon HD 7970 are almost equally fast (under 3% apart) — choose by price, socket and platform.

The score is our own estimate from the specs (core count, clock, architecture), not FPS from benchmarks. 100 = the fastest card in our database.

Real tests

What the test measures

Blender is a popular free 3D graphics program. The test makes the device render three ready-made 3D scenes (light, shadows, reflections) and counts how many render passes it finishes per minute. The higher the number, the faster the device handles heavy work: 3D, video editing, photo processing. On a CPU the test loads all cores at once, so it shows the chip's full power; on a graphics card it shows its compute strength.

GPU rendering (Blender)

Apple M3 Pro GPU 14-core

1656

faster than 69% of tested · runs: 28

Median of real test runs on users' computers. It does not show FPS in games. Data updated: 31.10.2026.

Overview

	Apple M3 Pro GPU 14-core	Radeon HD 7970
Score (0–100)	6.97	7
Ranking position	190	189
Manufacturer	Apple	AMD
Type	Integrated	Desktop
Architecture	Apple	GCN

Specifications

	Apple M3 Pro GPU 14-core	Radeon HD 7970
Shader cores	1792	2048
Boost clock	1380 MHz	925 MHz
FP32 TFLOPS (calculated)	4.95	3.79
Hardware ray tracing	yes	no

Video memory

	Apple M3 Pro GPU 14-core	Radeon HD 7970
VRAM	shared with RAM	3 GB
Memory type	unified	GDDR5
Memory bandwidth	no data	264 GB/s

Pros and cons

Apple M3 Pro GPU 14-core

has hardware ray tracing

Radeon HD 7970

no notable advantages

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