Apple M1 8-Core GPU vs GeForce RTX 2060

Place in the ranking	129	356
Place by popularity	20	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	40.82	no data
Power efficiency	15.99	no data
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	no data
GPU code name	TU106	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2019 (5 years ago)	10 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$349	no data

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 cores	1920	8
Core clock speed	1365 MHz	1278 MHz
Boost clock speed	1680 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	10,800 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	160 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	201.6	no data
Floating-point processing power	6.451 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	48	no data
TMUs	120	no data
Tensor Cores	240	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	30	no data

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	229 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	no data

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 type	GDDR6	no data
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	no data
Memory bus width	192 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	no data
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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	no data
HDMI	+	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12	no data
Shader Model	6.5	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	-
CUDA	7.5	-

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.

RTX 2060 36.68
+152%

Apple M1 8-Core GPU 14.54

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.

RTX 2060 424149
+51.4%

Apple M1 8-Core GPU 280200

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 HD	118 +321%	28 −321%
1440p	72 +167%	27−30 −167%
4K	49 +172%	18−20 −172%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	2.96	no data
1440p	4.85	no data
4K	7.12	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

60−65
+186%

21−24

−186%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	92 +188%	30−35 −188%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	79 +243%	21−24 −243%
Battlefield 5	157 +241%	45−50 −241%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	106 +279%	27−30 −279%
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65 +186%	21−24 −186%
Far Cry 5	114 +245%	30−35 −245%
Far Cry New Dawn	128 +228%	35−40 −228%
Forza Horizon 4	205 +123%	90−95 −123%
Hitman 3	98 +263%	27−30 −263%
Horizon Zero Dawn	248 +244%	70−75 −244%
Metro Exodus	144 +206%	45−50 −206%
Red Dead Redemption 2	109 +179%	35−40 −179%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	191 +315%	45−50 −315%
Watch Dogs: Legion	254 +234%	75−80 −234%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	131 +309%	30−35 −309%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	64 +178%	21−24 −178%
Battlefield 5	140 +204%	45−50 −204%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	96 +243%	27−30 −243%
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65 +186%	21−24 −186%
Far Cry 5	91 +176%	30−35 −176%
Far Cry New Dawn	95 +144%	35−40 −144%
Forza Horizon 4	194 +111%	90−95 −111%
Hitman 3	96 +256%	27−30 −256%
Horizon Zero Dawn	247 +243%	70−75 −243%
Metro Exodus	140 +198%	45−50 −198%
Red Dead Redemption 2	103 +164%	35−40 −164%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	130−140 +187%	45−50 −187%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	75−80 +124%	30−35 −124%
Watch Dogs: Legion	244 +221%	75−80 −221%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	56 +75%	30−35 −75%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55 +139%	21−24 −139%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	71 +154%	27−30 −154%
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65 +186%	21−24 −186%
Far Cry 5	70 +112%	30−35 −112%
Forza Horizon 4	105 +14.1%	90−95 −14.1%
Hitman 3	81 +200%	27−30 −200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	120 +66.7%	70−75 −66.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	130−140 +187%	45−50 −187%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	73 +115%	30−35 −115%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45 −68.9%	75−80 +68.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

96
+146%

35−40

−146%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	70−75 +159%	27−30 −159%
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60 +155%	21−24 −155%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 +179%	14−16 −179%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	42 +282%	10−12 −282%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	51 +240%	14−16 −240%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 +300%	7−8 −300%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +163%	16−18 −163%
Forza Horizon 4	200−210 +189%	70−75 −189%
Hitman 3	54 +218%	16−18 −218%
Horizon Zero Dawn	89 +207%	27−30 −207%
Metro Exodus	76 +217%	24−27 −217%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	85−90 +263%	24−27 −263%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55 +247%	14−16 −247%
Watch Dogs: Legion	236 +171%	85−90 −171%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

74
+222%

21−24

−222%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	40 +186%	14−16 −186%
Far Cry New Dawn	37 +270%	10−11 −270%
Hitman 3	30−33 +200%	10−11 −200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	104 +50.7%	65−70 −50.7%
Metro Exodus	52 +300%	12−14 −300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	51 +292%	12−14 −292%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	28 +250%	8−9 −250%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24 +243%	7−8 −243%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	28 +300%	7−8 −300%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +500%	2−3 −500%
Far Cry 5	25 +213%	8−9 −213%
Forza Horizon 4	59 +211%	18−20 −211%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 +277%	12−14 −277%
Watch Dogs: Legion	17 +240%	5−6 −240%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

38
+192%

12−14

−192%

This is how RTX 2060 and Apple M1 8-Core GPU compete in popular games:

RTX 2060 is 321% faster in 1080p
RTX 2060 is 167% faster in 1440p
RTX 2060 is 172% faster in 4K

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

in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2060 is 500% faster.
in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Apple M1 8-Core GPU is 69% faster.

All in all, in popular games: