GeForce RTX 3060 vs Apple M1 8-Core GPU

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Apple M1 8-Core GPU with GeForce RTX 3060, including specs and performance data.

Apple M1 8-Core GPU
2020
14.49

RTX 3060 outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by a whopping 206% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking36083
Place by popularitynot in top-1004
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data70.84
Power efficiencyno data17.88
Architectureno dataAmpere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameno dataGA106
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date10 November 2020 (4 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$329

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores83584
Core clock speed1278 MHz1320 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1777 MHz
Number of transistorsno data12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data170 Watt
Texture fill rateno data199.0
Floating-point processing powerno data12.74 TFLOPS
ROPsno data48
TMUsno data112
Tensor Coresno data112
Ray Tracing Coresno data28

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data242 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 12-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data12 GB
Memory bus widthno data192 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1875 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data360.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXno data12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Apple M1 8-Core GPU 14.49
RTX 3060 44.34
+206%

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Apple M1 8-Core GPU 280200
RTX 3060 537787
+91.9%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD29
−331%
125
+331%
1440p24−27
−225%
78
+225%
4K16−18
−213%
50
+213%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data2.63
1440pno data4.22
4Kno data6.58

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−259%
79
+259%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
−191%
90−95
+191%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−343%
102
+343%
Battlefield 5 45−50
−209%
140−150
+209%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
−218%
85−90
+218%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−255%
78
+255%
Far Cry 5 30−35
−182%
90−95
+182%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
−177%
100−110
+177%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
−121%
200−210
+121%
Hitman 3 27−30
−344%
120
+344%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
−149%
170−180
+149%
Metro Exodus 45−50
−189%
130−140
+189%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
−154%
95−100
+154%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
−261%
160−170
+261%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
−77.6%
130−140
+77.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
−191%
90−95
+191%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−270%
85
+270%
Battlefield 5 45−50
−209%
140−150
+209%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
−218%
85−90
+218%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−241%
75
+241%
Far Cry 5 30−35
−182%
90−95
+182%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
−177%
100−110
+177%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
−121%
200−210
+121%
Hitman 3 27−30
−330%
116
+330%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
−149%
170−180
+149%
Metro Exodus 45−50
−189%
130−140
+189%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
−154%
95−100
+154%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
−291%
180
+291%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
−168%
90−95
+168%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
−77.6%
130−140
+77.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
−191%
90−95
+191%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−226%
75
+226%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
−218%
85−90
+218%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−191%
64
+191%
Far Cry 5 30−35
−182%
90−95
+182%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
−121%
200−210
+121%
Hitman 3 27−30
−274%
101
+274%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
−97.2%
142
+97.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
−235%
154
+235%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
−115%
73
+115%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+28.8%
59
−28.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
−154%
95−100
+154%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
−222%
85−90
+222%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
−209%
65−70
+209%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−250%
45−50
+250%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12
−445%
60
+445%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−247%
50−55
+247%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−457%
39
+457%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−219%
50−55
+219%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
−235%
240−250
+235%
Hitman 3 16−18
−300%
68
+300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
−266%
106
+266%
Metro Exodus 24−27
−271%
89
+271%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
−379%
115
+379%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−347%
65−70
+347%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
−136%
200−210
+136%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
−230%
75−80
+230%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16
−221%
45−50
+221%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
−280%
35−40
+280%
Hitman 3 10−11
−350%
45
+350%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65−70
−183%
190−200
+183%
Metro Exodus 12−14
−354%
55−60
+354%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−385%
63
+385%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
−288%
30−35
+288%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
−443%
38
+443%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−314%
27−30
+314%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−800%
18
+800%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−238%
27−30
+238%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−232%
60−65
+232%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−415%
67
+415%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
−440%
27
+440%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−208%
40−45
+208%

This is how Apple M1 8-Core GPU and RTX 3060 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3060 is 331% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3060 is 225% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3060 is 213% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Apple M1 8-Core GPU is 29% faster.
  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3060 is 800% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Apple M1 8-Core GPU is ahead in 1 test (1%)
  • RTX 3060 is ahead in 71 test (99%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.49 44.34
Recency 10 November 2020 12 January 2021
Chip lithography 5 nm 8 nm

Apple M1 8-Core GPU has a 60% more advanced lithography process.

RTX 3060, on the other hand, has a 206% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 2 months.

The GeForce RTX 3060 is our recommended choice as it beats the Apple M1 8-Core GPU in performance tests.

Be aware that Apple M1 8-Core GPU is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3060 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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Apple M1 8-Core GPU
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