Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU vs GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB

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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 nameGA104no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release dateJanuary 2022 (2 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 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 cores614416
Core clock speed1575 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1770 MHzno data
Number of transistors17,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)290 Wattno data
Texture fill rate339.8no data
Floating-point processing power21.75 TFLOPSno data
ROPs96no data
TMUs192no data
Tensor Cores192no data
Ray Tracing Cores48no 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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16no data
Length267 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 typeGDDR6XLPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount16 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1188 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth608.3 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 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4ano data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.7no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm

Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU has a 60% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB and Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB is a desktop card while Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB
Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU
M2 Pro 16-Core GPU

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