Apple M4 20-core GPU vs GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	32	not rated
Place by popularity	92	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	52.67	no data
Power efficiency	14.45	no data
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)	no data
GPU code name	GA104	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	31 May 2021 (3 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$599	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	6144	20
Core clock speed	1575 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1770 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	17,400 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	290 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	339.8	no data
Floating-point processing power	21.75 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	96	no data
TMUs	192	no data
Tensor Cores	192	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	48	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 4.0 x16	no data
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-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	GDDR6X	LPDDR5x-8533
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1188 MHz	8533 MHz
Memory bandwidth	608.3 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 HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	no data
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	no data
Shader Model	6.6	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	3.0	no data
Vulkan	1.2	-
CUDA	8.6	-

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography	8 nm	3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	290 Watt	45 Watt

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