Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking49not rated
Place by popularity23not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation69.06no data
Power efficiency18.21no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)no data
GPU code nameGA104no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 December 2020 (4 years ago)10 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores486414
Core clock speed1410 MHz1296 MHz
Boost clock speed1665 MHzno data
Number of transistors17,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate253.1no data
Floating-point processing power16.2 TFLOPSno data
ROPs80no data
TMUs152no data
Tensor Cores152no data
Ray Tracing Cores38no 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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16no data
Length242 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pinno 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 amount8 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1750 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth448.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+-

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


Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 15 Watt

Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU has a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 1233.3% lower power consumption.

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

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is a desktop card while Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
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Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU
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