Apple M1 7-Core GPU vs GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking224not rated
Place by popularity60not in top-100
Power efficiency28.18no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)no data
GPU code nameGN20-P0no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date11 May 2021 (3 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 cores20487
Core clock speed1238 MHz1278 MHz
Boost clock speed1500 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)no data

Form factor & compatibility

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Laptop sizelargeno 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 amount4 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed12000 MHzno data
Shared memory-+

API compatibility

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DirectX12_2no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 May 2021 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm

RTX 3050 4GB Mobile has an age advantage of 6 months.

Apple M1 7-Core GPU, on the other hand, has a 60% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile and Apple M1 7-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile
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