Apple M1 GPU vs GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking199not rated
Place by popularity60not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2022)no data
GPU code nameGN20-P0no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date11 May 2021 (3 years ago)10 November 2020 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores20488
Core clock speed1238 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1500 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile and Apple M1 GPU compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

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

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

DirectX12_2no data

Pros & cons summary


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

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