Apple M1 GPU and GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q - video card comparison

Apple M1 GPU

GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Architecture

Ampere (2020−2022)

GPU code name

GN20-E3 GA106

Market segment

Laptop

Release date

November 2020

January 2021

Interface

PCIe 4.0 x16

Supplementary power connectors

None

Boost clock speed

1283 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

5 nm

8 nm

Number of transistors

13,250 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

3840

Power consumption (TDP)

60 Watt

Texture fill rate

153.8

Memory type

GDDR6

Maximum RAM amount

6 GB

Memory bus width

192 Bit

Memory clock speed

12 GB/s

Memory bandwidth

264.0 GB/s

Shared memory

Display Connectors

No outputs

DirectX

12 Ultimate (12_2)

CUDA

8.6

OpenCL

2.0

OpenGL

4.6

Shader Model

6.5

Vulkan

1.2