Apple M4 8-core GPU vs GeForce RTX 2080 Super

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking56not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation31.92no data
Power efficiency13.94no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)no data
GPU code nameTU104no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date23 July 2019 (5 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$699 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores30728
Core clock speed1650 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1815 MHzno data
Number of transistors13,600 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt4 Watt
Texture fill rate348.5no data
Floating-point processing power11.15 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs192no data
Tensor Cores384no data
Ray Tracing Cores48no 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR6LPDDR5X-7500
Maximum RAM amount8 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1937 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth495.9 GB/sno 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-Cno data
HDMI+-
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 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-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 12 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 4 Watt

Apple M4 8-core GPU has a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 6150% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2080 Super and M4 8-core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2080 Super is a desktop card while Apple M4 8-core GPU is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super
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