Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 vs Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, vs Apple M4 GPU (10-Core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 and Apple M4 GPU (10-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
110
67
60
39
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
124
101
75
37
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
184
131
96
47
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
93
85
64
38
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
68
56
40
20
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
83
73
50
34
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
65
48
37
21
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
69
61
36
15
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
107
98
68
37
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High100n/a
1080p Ultra80n/a
1440p Ultra58n/a
4K Ultra32n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
3946
Time Spy8748n/a
Solar Bay40964n/a
Port Royal5142n/a
Fire Strike22308n/a
Night Raid98831n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
37678
Background Blur149.6 frames/s72.2 frames/s
Face Detection91 frames/s48.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.07 Gpix/sec1.4 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.58 Gpix/sec1.94 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.92 Gpix/sec1.5 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.01 Gpix/sec0.53 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching372.9 Gpix/sec123.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics12226.3 fps4938.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
n/a
G2D Mark961n/a
DirectX 11128 fpsn/a
DirectX 1269 fpsn/a
GPU Compute8428 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
63.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)555.5 fps344.5 fps
Car Chase492.3 fps259.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)407.9 fps167.5 fps
T-Rex1940.6 fps914.7 fps
ALU 22862.2 fps432.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2295.2 fps648.6 fps
APIOpenGLMetal
OSWindowsOS X
Tessellation2965.4n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Apple
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced January, 12, 2021 May, 7, 2024
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Professional
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ampere Apple M GPU
Codename GA106 Custom
Price 329 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1320 MHz 500 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1777 MHz 1800 MHz
Shader Units 3584 1280
TMUs 112 80
ROPs 48 40
Execution Units 28 160
Ray Tracing Cores 28 n/a
Tensor Cores 112 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 3000 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 85 Gpix/sec 72 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 199 GTex/s 144 GTex/s
FLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS 4.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 Custom
TGP 170 W 18 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 276 mm² n/a
Transistor count 12 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 43.48 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1875 MHz 7500 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 15000 MB/s 15000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
360 GB/s
Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
120 GB/s

API

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

Results

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