Apple M4 40-core GPU vs Quadro RTX 3000 X2 Mobile
Contents
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 | Turing (2018−2022) | no data |
| GPU code name | TU106 | no data |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 27 May 2019 (6 years ago) | 30 October 2024 (less than a 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 | 1920 ×2 | 40 |
| Core clock speed | 945 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 1380 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 10,800 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 3 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 160 Watt | 45 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 165.6 ×2 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 5.299 TFLOPS ×2 | no data |
| ROPs | 64 ×2 | no data |
| TMUs | 120 ×2 | no data |
| Tensor Cores | 240 ×2 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 30 ×2 | no data |
| L1 Cache | 1.9 MB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 4 MB | 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 | large |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | 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 | LPDDR5x-8533 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB ×2 | no data |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit ×2 | no data |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | 8533 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 336.0 GB/s ×2 | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | no data |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | no data |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | - |
| CUDA | 7.5 | - |
| DLSS | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 27 May 2019 | 30 October 2024 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 3 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 160 Watt | 45 Watt |
Apple M4 40-core GPU has an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 255.6% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro RTX 3000 X2 Mobile and M4 40-core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro RTX 3000 X2 Mobile is a mobile workstation graphics card while Apple M4 40-core GPU is a mobile workstation one.
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