Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU vs GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

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	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)	no data
GPU code name	GA104	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)	17 January 2023 (1 year 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 cores	5120	16
Core clock speed	780 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1290 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	17,400 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	206.4	no data
Floating-point processing power	13.21 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	80	no data
TMUs	160	no data
Tensor Cores	160	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	40	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	large	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	8 GB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	384.0 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

No outputs

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	no data
Shader Model	6.5	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	1.2	-
CUDA	8.6	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	12 January 2021	17 January 2023
Chip lithography	8 nm	5 nm

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