NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR)
vs
Apple M1 8-Core GPU


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) has 3584 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.78 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 12.72 TFLOPS.

The Apple M1 8-Core GPU has 1024 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.30 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 2.61 TFLOPS.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 28 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Apple M1 8-Core GPU is based on the M1 architecture and is equipped with 128 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) GPU Apple M1 8-Core GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 LHR Based on Apple M1 (8-GPU)
GA106-302-A1 GPU Chip M1
Ampere Architecture M1
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 128
3584 Shader 1024
48 Render Output Units 0
112 Texture Units 0
28 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) is equipped with a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.875 GHz clocks.

The Apple M1 8-Core GPU has a 16 GB large LPDDR4X graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.133GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type LPDDR4X
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 2.133 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 0.0 Gbps
360 GB/s Memory bandwidth 68 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) has a turbo clock of 1.777 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Apple M1 8-Core GPU is .

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.300 GHz
1.777 GHz Boost Clock
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking No

Thermal Design

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 93 °C.

The Apple M1 8-Core GPU is equipped with a PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is Unknown.

170 W TDP --
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max Unknown
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Apple M1 8-Core GPU is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type --
-- Fan 1 --
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) --
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The Apple M1 8-Core GPU supports HDCP in version -- and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 2
2.3 HDCP-Version --
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports --
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports --
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The Apple M1 8-Core GPU supports Microsoft's DirectX version 0.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 6016x3384
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 0
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) is -- wide and therefore needs the space of -- in the case.

The width of the Apple M1 8-Core GPU is -- and thus requires the space of -- in the PC case.

-- Length --
-- Height --
-- Width --
-- Width (Slots) --
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface Integrated graphics

Additional data

Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) was released in Q3/2021.

The Apple M1 8-Core GPU published in Q4/2020 is manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q3/2021 Release date Q4/2020
329 $ (Reference) Launch Price --
8 nm Structure size 5 nm
data sheet Documents --

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR)
12 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR)
12 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR)
12 GB GDDR6
55 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR)
12 GB GDDR6
9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR)
12 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR)
12 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR)
12 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR)
12 GB GDDR6
94 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR)
12 GB GDDR6
130 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR)
12 GB GDDR6
89106
Apple M1 8-Core GPU Apple M1 8-Core GPU
16 GB LPDDR4X
20144

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

Apple M1 8-Core GPU Apple M1 8-Core GPU
16 GB LPDDR4X
33748

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (LHR)
12 GB GDDR6
12.72
Apple M1 8-Core GPU Apple M1 8-Core GPU
16 GB LPDDR4X
2.61

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