Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU vs GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking55not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency30.30no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)no data
GPU code nameGA103Sno data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date25 January 2022 (2 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year 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 cores742416
Core clock speed810 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1260 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)115 Wattno data
Texture fill rate292.3no data
Floating-point processing power18.71 TFLOPSno data
ROPs96no data
TMUs232no data
Tensor Cores232no data
Ray Tracing Cores58no 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 sizelargemedium sized
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16no 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 amount16 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed2000 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth512.0 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
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 January 2022 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm

Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU has an age advantage of 11 months, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile and Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile
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Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU
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