Apple M1 GPU vs GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking19not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation22.70no data
Power efficiency13.77no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)no data
GPU code nameGA102no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date31 May 2021 (3 years ago)10 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,199 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 cores102408
Core clock speed1365 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1665 MHzno data
Number of transistors28,300 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)350 Wattno data
Texture fill rate532.8no data
Floating-point processing power34.1 TFLOPSno data
ROPs112no data
TMUs320no data
Tensor Cores320no data
Ray Tracing Cores80no 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
Length285 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 typeGDDR6Xno data
Maximum RAM amount12 GBno data
Memory bus width384 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1188 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth912.4 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 Model6.6no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.2-
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 May 2021 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm

RTX 3080 Ti has an age advantage of 6 months.

Apple M1 GPU, on the other hand, has a 60% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and Apple M1 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is a desktop card while Apple M1 GPU is a notebook one.


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