Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core) vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core), vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core) and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
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
156
102
93
68
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
177
148
105
59
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
261
198
140
81
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
134
124
102
64
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
104
85
65
36
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
133
120
93
60
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
94
79
63
36
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
115
102
63
29
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
178
165
125
68
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a150
1080p Ultran/a125
1440p Ultran/a94
4K Ultran/a56
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core)
6712
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
15403
Time Spyn/a14873
Solar Bayn/a69827
Port Royaln/a8880
Fire Striken/a37227
Night Raidn/a133622
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core)
61008
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
136096
Background Blur106 frames/s197 frames/s
Face Detection73.1 frames/s128.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.59 Gpix/sec6.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.8 Gpix/sec8.81 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.4 Gpix/sec6.47 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.73 Gpix/sec1.26 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching198.6 Gpix/sec609.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8166.3 fps18205 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
23425
G2D Markn/a1051
DirectX 11n/a192 fps
DirectX 12n/a91 fps
GPU Computen/a11708 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
194.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a865.5 fps
Car Chasen/a699.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a610.7 fps
T-Rexn/a3191.9 fps
ALU 2n/a4526.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a288.3 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a4520.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Apple Nvidia
Build Integrated Discrete
Announced October, 29, 2024 June, 10, 2021
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Professional Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Apple M GPU Ampere
Codename Custom GA104
Price n/a 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 500 MHz 1575 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1800 MHz 1770 MHz
Shader Units 2048 6144
TMUs 128 192
ROPs 64 96
Execution Units 256 48
Ray Tracing Cores n/a 48
Tensor Cores n/a 192
L1 cache n/a 128 KB/core
L2 cache n/a 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 115 Gpix/sec 170 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 230 GTex/s 340 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.4 TFLOPS 21.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface Custom PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 26 W 290 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 3 nm 8 nm
Max temperature 100 °C n/a
Transistor Size n/a 392 mm²
Transistor count n/a 17 billion
Transistor density n/a 43.37 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface System Shared GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 7500 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 15000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size n/a 8 GB
Max Throughput
Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core)
273 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
608.3 GB/s

API

DirectX n/a 12
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenGL n/a 4.6
CUDA n/a 8.6
DisplayPort n/a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

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