Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU vs GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking36not rated
Place by popularity73not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation62.60no data
Power efficiency24.63no data
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)no data
GPU code nameAD106no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date18 May 2023 (1 year ago)10 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 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 cores435216
Core clock speed2310 MHz1296 MHz
Boost clock speed2535 MHzno data
Number of transistors22,900 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology5 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt10 Watt
Texture fill rate344.8no data
Floating-point processing power22.06 TFLOPSno data
ROPs48no data
TMUs136no data
Tensor Cores136no data
Ray Tracing Cores34no 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 x8no data
Length240 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 16-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 amount16 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed2250 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth288.0 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 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-
CUDA8.9-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 May 2023 10 November 2020
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 10 Watt

RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB has an age advantage of 2 years.

Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU, on the other hand, has 1550% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB and Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB is a desktop card while Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU
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