Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU vs GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)no data
GPU code nameGA106no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)10 November 2020 (4 years ago)

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 cores384014
Core clock speed817 MHz1296 MHz
Boost clock speed1282 MHzno data
Number of transistors13,250 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate153.8no data
Floating-point processing power9.846 TFLOPSno data
ROPs48no data
TMUs120no data
Tensor Cores120no data
Ray Tracing Cores30no 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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR6LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount6 GBno data
Memory bus width192 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1500 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2-
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 January 2021 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 15 Watt

RTX 3060 Max-Q has an age advantage of 2 months.

Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU, on the other hand, has a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 300% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q and M1 Pro 14-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
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Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU
M1 Pro 14-Core GPU

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