Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core) vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core), vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core) and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 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
186
129
117
86
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
202
173
123
67
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
272
215
154
85
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
152
144
126
77
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
132
106
85
47
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
166
158
123
80
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
116
99
81
51
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
146
130
89
42
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
236
220
169
92
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a179
1080p Ultran/a153
1440p Ultran/a119
4K Ultran/a70
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core)
6712
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
21408
Time Spyn/a19630
Solar Bayn/a96489
Port Royaln/a13261
Fire Striken/a47892
Night Raidn/a143788
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core)
61008
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
196756
Background Blur106 frames/s239.8 frames/s
Face Detection73.1 frames/s156.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.59 Gpix/sec10.8 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.8 Gpix/sec14.8 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.4 Gpix/sec11.9 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.73 Gpix/sec1.53 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching198.6 Gpix/sec889.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8166.3 fps26054.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
26944
G2D Markn/a1088
DirectX 11n/a223 fps
DirectX 12n/a111 fps
GPU Computen/a15428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
227.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1039 fps
Car Chasen/a860.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a743.2 fps
T-Rexn/a3834.2 fps
ALU 2n/a6702 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a296.1 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a6622.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Apple Nvidia
Build Integrated Discrete
Announced October, 29, 2024 January, 3, 2021
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Professional Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Apple M GPU Ampere
Codename Custom GA102
Price n/a 1199

GPU

GPU Frequency 500 MHz 1365 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1800 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 2048 10240
TMUs 128 320
ROPs 64 112
Execution Units 256 80
Ray Tracing Cores n/a 80
Tensor Cores n/a 320
L1 cache n/a 128 KB/core
L2 cache n/a 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 115 Gpix/sec 186 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 230 GTex/s 533 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.4 TFLOPS 34.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface Custom PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 26 W 350 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 3 nm 8 nm
Max temperature 100 °C n/a
Transistor Size n/a 628 mm²
Transistor count n/a 28 billion
Transistor density n/a 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface System Shared GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 7500 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 192 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 15000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size n/a 12 GB
Max Throughput
Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core)
273 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
912 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 3080 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

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