Apple M1 GPU vs GeForce RTX 3070 SUPER

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)no data
GPU code nameGA104no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)10 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 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 cores61448
Boost clock speed1695 MHzno data
Number of transistors18,000 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Wattno data
Texture fill rate325.4no data
Floating-point processing power20.83 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs192no 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 4.0 x16no data
Length242 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-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 typeGDDR6no data
Maximum RAM amount16 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed16000 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth512.0 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 DisplayPortno data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
OpenGL4.6no data

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm

Apple M1 GPU has a 60% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3070 SUPER and Apple M1 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3070 SUPER is a desktop card while Apple M1 GPU is a notebook one.


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