Apple M4 GPU (8-core) vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 GPU (8-core), vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 GPU (8-core) and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
99
62
49
35
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
107
86
62
34
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
157
117
82
41
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
84
74
57
29
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
59
47
33
15
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
69
59
44
30
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
53
42
30
18
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
58
52
32
13
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
92
85
58
33
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a86
1080p Ultran/a69
1440p Ultran/a50
4K Ultran/a28
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
3341
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
7378
Time Spyn/a7571
Solar Bayn/a34179
Port Royaln/a4134
Fire Striken/a19768
Night Raidn/a84918
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
31734
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
78934
Background Blurn/a144.4 frames/s
Face Detectionn/a75.2 frames/s
Horizon Detectionn/a3.08 Gpix/sec
Edge Detectionn/a4.25 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blurn/a4.21 Gpix/sec
Feature Matchingn/a0.93 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matchingn/a354.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physicsn/a8559.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
14124
G2D Markn/a747
DirectX 11n/a110 fps
DirectX 12n/a53 fps
GPU Computen/a5513 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
89.8 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a477.6 fps
Car Chasen/a423 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a370.8 fps
T-Rexn/a1884.9 fps
ALU 2n/a2192.3 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a281.3 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a2405.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Apple Nvidia
Build Integrated Discrete
Announced October, 29, 2024 January, 15, 2019
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Professional Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Apple M GPU Turing
Codename Custom TU106
Price n/a 349

GPU

GPU Frequency 500 MHz 1365 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1800 MHz 1680 MHz
Shader Units 1024 1920
TMUs 64 120
ROPs 32 48
Execution Units 128 30
Ray Tracing Cores n/a 30
Tensor Cores n/a 240
L1 cache n/a 64 KB/core
L2 cache n/a 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 58 Gpix/sec 81 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 115 GTex/s 202 GTex/s
FLOPS 3.7 TFLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface Custom PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 15 W 160 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 3 nm 12 nm
Max temperature 100 °C n/a
Transistor Size n/a 445 mm²
Transistor count 28 billion 10 billion
Transistor density n/a 22.47 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface System Shared GDDR6
Memory Frequency 7500 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 15000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size n/a 6 GB
Max Throughput
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
120 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
336 GB/s

API

DirectX n/a 12
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenGL n/a 4.6
CUDA n/a 7.5
DisplayPort n/a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

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