Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU vs GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	98	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	15.58	no data
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	no data
GPU code name	TU106	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	7 December 2021 (2 years ago)	31 October 2023 (1 year 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	2176	18
Core clock speed	1470 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	10,800 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	184 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	224.4	no data
Floating-point processing power	7.181 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	48	no data
TMUs	136	no data
Tensor Cores	272	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	34	no data

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).

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

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	GDDR6	LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	no data
Memory bus width	192 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	no data
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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	no data
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

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

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	7 December 2021	31 October 2023
Chip lithography	12 nm	5 nm

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