GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB vs Apple M1 8-Core GPU

Place in the ranking	379	97
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	15.52
Architecture	no data	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	no data	TU106
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	10 November 2020 (4 years ago)	7 December 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	8	2176
Core clock speed	1278 MHz	1470 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1650 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	184 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	224.4
Floating-point processing power	no data	7.181 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	48
TMUs	no data	136
Tensor Cores	no data	272
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	34

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	no data	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	229 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	no data	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	no data	12 GB
Memory bus width	no data	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	336.0 GB/s
Shared memory	+	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	no data	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	no data	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.6
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.3
CUDA	-	7.5

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

−196%

80−85
+196%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	21−24 −183%	65−70 +183%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 −196%	80−85 +196%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 −189%	130−140 +189%
Counter-Strike 2	21−24 −183%	65−70 +183%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 −196%	80−85 +196%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 −191%	160−170 +191%
Forza Horizon 5	35−40 −178%	100−105 +178%
Metro Exodus	35−40 −189%	110−120 +189%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 −194%	100−105 +194%
Valorant	55−60 −191%	160−170 +191%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 −189%	130−140 +189%
Counter-Strike 2	21−24 −183%	65−70 +183%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 −196%	80−85 +196%
Dota 2	50−55 −200%	150−160 +200%
Far Cry 5	50−55 −188%	150−160 +188%
Fortnite	75−80 −199%	230−240 +199%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 −191%	160−170 +191%
Forza Horizon 5	35−40 −178%	100−105 +178%
Grand Theft Auto V	45−50 −186%	140−150 +186%
Metro Exodus	35−40 −189%	110−120 +189%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	100−105 −200%	300−310 +200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 −194%	100−105 +194%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 −186%	120−130 +186%
Valorant	55−60 −191%	160−170 +191%
World of Tanks	180−190 −202%	550−600 +202%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 −189%	130−140 +189%
Counter-Strike 2	21−24 −183%	65−70 +183%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 −196%	80−85 +196%
Dota 2	50−55 −200%	150−160 +200%
Far Cry 5	50−55 −188%	150−160 +188%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 −191%	160−170 +191%
Forza Horizon 5	35−40 −178%	100−105 +178%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	100−105 −200%	300−310 +200%
Valorant	55−60 −191%	160−170 +191%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	20−22 −200%	60−65 +200%
Grand Theft Auto V	20−22 −200%	60−65 +200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	100−110 −175%	300−310 +175%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −192%	35−40 +192%
World of Tanks	95−100 −202%	290−300 +202%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −196%	80−85 +196%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 −190%	90−95 +190%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 −200%	30−33 +200%
Far Cry 5	30−35 −197%	95−100 +197%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −188%	95−100 +188%
Forza Horizon 5	21−24 −186%	60−65 +186%
Metro Exodus	27−30 −193%	85−90 +193%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −178%	50−55 +178%
Valorant	30−35 −194%	100−105 +194%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −200%	27−30 +200%
Dota 2	24−27 −192%	70−75 +192%
Grand Theft Auto V	24−27 −192%	70−75 +192%
Metro Exodus	9−10 −200%	27−30 +200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	40−45 −200%	120−130 +200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −200%	27−30 +200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −192%	70−75 +192%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 −169%	35−40 +169%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −200%	27−30 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −200%	12−14 +200%
Dota 2	24−27 −192%	70−75 +192%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −194%	50−55 +194%
Fortnite	14−16 −200%	45−50 +200%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −189%	55−60 +189%
Forza Horizon 5	10−11 −200%	30−33 +200%
Valorant	14−16 −200%	45−50 +200%