In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and the Apple M2 8-Core GPU, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is 348 % faster than the Apple M2 8-Core GPU.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and has 3584 texture shaders and 28 execution units.
Apple M2 8-Core GPU is based on Apple M2 (8-GPU), which has 1024 shaders and 128 execution units.
Memory
Memory
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Apple M2 8-Core GPU
Memory Size
12 GB
24 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
LPDDR5
Memory Clock
1.875 GHz
3.200 GHz
Memory Speed
15.0 Gbps
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Memory bandwidth
360 GB/s
102 GB/s
Memory Interface
192 bit
128 bit
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 has 12 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 360 GB/s.
The Apple M2 8-Core GPU can access 24 GB LPDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 102 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Apple M2 8-Core GPU
Base Clock
1.320 GHz
1.400 GHz
Boost Clock
1.777 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
No
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 clocks in the base with up to 1.320 GHz. The base frequency of the Apple M2 8-Core GPU is 1.400 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Apple M2 8-Core GPU
TDP
170 W
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Tjunction max
93 °C
Unknown
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is 170 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.
The Apple M2 8-Core GPU has a TDP of -- and is supplied with the required energy via -- PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Apple M2 8-Core GPU
Fan-Type
Axial
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Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 has a total of 0 Axial fans.
The Apple M2 8-Core GPU has 0 -- fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Apple M2 8-Core GPU
Max. Displays
4
2
HDCP
2.3
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HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
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DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060.
The Apple M2 8-Core GPU supports a maximum of 2 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Apple M2 8-Core GPU
Max. resolution
7680x4320
6016x3384
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
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Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the Apple M2 8-Core GPU is 6016x3384 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Apple M2 8-Core GPU
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode / Encode
AV1
Decode
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Apple M2 8-Core GPU
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is -- long, -- high and -- wide.
The Apple M2 8-Core GPU is -- long, -- high and -- wide.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.
The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.
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