Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU vs GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	48	not in top-100
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)	no data
GPU code name	GA104	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	1 September 2021 (3 years ago)	17 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$329	no data

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	3584	30
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	17,400 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	170 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	199.0	no data
Floating-point processing power	12.74 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	48	no data
TMUs	112	no data
Tensor Cores	112	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	28	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 4.0 x16	no data
Length	242 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-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	1875 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	360.0 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 HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	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	8.6	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 September 2021	17 January 2023
Chip lithography	8 nm	5 nm

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