Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 vs Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060, vs Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 and Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
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
99
62
49
35
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
107
86
62
34
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
157
117
82
41
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
84
74
57
29
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
59
47
33
15
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
69
59
44
30
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
53
42
30
18
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
58
52
32
13
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
92
85
58
33
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High86n/a
1080p Ultra69n/a
1440p Ultra50n/a
4K Ultra28n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
7378
Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
3903
Time Spy7571n/a
Solar Bay3417912166
Port Royal4134n/a
Fire Strike19768n/a
Night Raid84918n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
78934
Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
42227
Background Blur144.4 frames/s74.5 frames/s
Face Detection75.2 frames/s47.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.08 Gpix/sec1.73 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.25 Gpix/sec3.32 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.21 Gpix/sec1.75 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.93 Gpix/sec0.47 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching354.4 Gpix/sec131.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8559.4 fps5143 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
14124
Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
n/a
G2D Mark747n/a
DirectX 11110 fpsn/a
DirectX 1253 fpsn/a
GPU Compute5513 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
89.8 fps
Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
881.8 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)477.6 fps1390.1 fps
Car Chase423 fps1102.6 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)370.8 fps1953.2 fps
T-Rex1884.9 fps2704.8 fps
ALU 22192.3 fps598.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2281.3 fps485.7 fps
APIOpenGLMetal
OSWindowsOS X
Tessellation2405.1n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Apple
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced January, 15, 2019 October, 18, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Professional
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Turing Apple M GPU
Codename TU106 n/a
Price 349 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1365 MHz 450 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1680 MHz 1296 MHz
Shader Units 1920 2048
TMUs 120 128
ROPs 48 64
Execution Units 30 256
Ray Tracing Cores 30 No
Tensor Cores 240 n/a
L1 cache 64 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 3000 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 81 Gpix/sec 83 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 202 GTex/s 166 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS 5.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 Custom
TGP 160 W 30 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 5 nm
Max temperature n/a 94 °C
Transistor Size 445 mm² n/a
Transistor count 10 billion 23.2 billion
Transistor density 22.47 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 6400 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 12800 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
336 GB/s
Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
204.8 GB/s

API

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

Results

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