Apple M1 GPU vs GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking250not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency27.23no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)no data
GPU code nameTU106no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date29 January 2020 (5 years ago)10 November 2020 (4 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 cores19208
Core clock speed975 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1185 MHzno data
Number of transistors10,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Wattno data
Texture fill rate142.2no data
Floating-point processing power4.55 TFLOPSno data
ROPs48no data
TMUs120no data
Tensor Cores240no data
Ray Tracing Cores30no 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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR6no data
Maximum RAM amount6 GBno data
Memory bus width192 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1375 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth264.0 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsno data
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA7.5-
DLSS+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 January 2020 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 12 nm 5 nm

Apple M1 GPU has an age advantage of 9 months, and a 140% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q and M1 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

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