GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB and Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
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GPU code name
GA106
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Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
October 2022
October 2023
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
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Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
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Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
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Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
5 nm
Number of transistors
12,000 million
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
18
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
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Texture fill rate
199.0
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Memory type
GDDR6
LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
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Memory bus width
128 Bit
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Memory clock speed
15 GB/s
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Memory bandwidth
240.0 GB/s
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Shared memory
-
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Display Connectors
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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HDMI
+
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DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
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CUDA
8.6
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OpenCL
3.0
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OpenGL
4.6
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Shader Model
6.7
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Vulkan
1.3
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