GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop vs Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
GA106 (GN20-E3)
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
Custom
We performed a head-to-head comparison of the GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile 6 GB with 30 pipelines and 3840 shaders against the 3 years and 11 months newer Apple M4 GPU (8-core) that utilizes 128 pipelines and 1024 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
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Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
- Performs significantly better (up to 2.4x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 4.4x higher maximum theoretical performance (13.1 vs 3 TFLOPS)
- Includes 6 GB of dedicated GDDR6 memory
- Achieves 3.1x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (94K vs 30K)
- Has 2.8x higher memory bandwidth: 336 vs 120 GB/s
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 2 technology
- Has 3.8x more shading units (3840 vs 1024)
Reasons to consider the Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
- Manufactured using a more efficient 3 nm process technology
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 108 64 55 37 |
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| The Witcher 3 | 120 95 68 35 |
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 173 125 89 44 |
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| Far Cry 6 | 88 78 64 34 |
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| Hogwarts Legacy | 62 51 36 18 |
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| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 76 69 49 30 |
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| Ghost of Tsushima | 58 45 33 21 |
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 63 56 35 16 |
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| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 101 94 66 32 |
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| 1080p High | 94 | - |
| 1080p Ultra | 75 | - |
| 1440p Ultra | 55 | - |
| 4K Ultra | 30 | - |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 8318 | - |
| Solar Bay | 36291 | 13969 |
| Port Royal | 4708 | - |
| Fire Strike | 20181 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | 16477 | 7931 |
| Night Raid | 72311 | - |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 153.5 img/sec | 57.4 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 90 img/sec | 41.3 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 4.1 Gpixels/sec | 1.21 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.77 Gpixels/sec | 1.74 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 4.35 Gpixels/sec | 1.12 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.01 Gpixels/sec | 0.43 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 385.9 Gpixels/sec | 94.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 12770 FPS | 3902.5 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 586 | - |
| DirectX 11 | 109 FPS | - |
| DirectX 12 | 58 FPS | - |
| GPU Compute | 5621 Ops/s | - |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-04-17 (RaRagi-Bliss) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 95620 |
| 📘 2026-04-17 (RaRagi-Bliss) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 95620 |
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
No benchmark results yet
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 6257 | - |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 16583 | - |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 12510 | - |
| Face Detection (HP) | 29528 | - |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 51349 | - |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2685 | - |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 3939 | - |
| Object Detection (SP) | 7206 | - |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 24343 | - |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 113151 | - |
| Framework | ONNX | - |
| Backend | DirectML | - |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop and Apple M4 GPU (8-core)General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Apple |
| Build | Discrete | Integrated |
| Released | January 12, 2021 | October 29, 2024 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Professional |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Ampere | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | GA106 (GN20-E3) | Custom |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 6600M | - |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop | - Apple M5 GPU (8-Core) |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i5 12500H or above | - Apple M4 (8-Core) or above |
| Used in CPUs | - | - Apple M4 (8-Core) |
Laptop GPU ranking (65th and 67th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 816-1387 MHz (configurable) | 500 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1283-1703 MHz (configurable) | 1470 MHz |
| Shading Units | 3840 | 1024 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 120 | 64 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 32 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 30 | 128 |
| Tensor Cores | 120 | - |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 30 | - |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | - |
| L2 Cache | 3MB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 62-82 GPixel/s | 47 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 154-204 GTexel/s | 94 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | Custom |
| TGP | 60-140 W (configurable) | 15 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 8 nm | 3 nm |
| Die Size | 300 mm² | - |
| Transistor Count | 13.25 billion | - |
| Transistor Density | 44.17 MTr/mm² | - |
| Max. Temperature | - | 100°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | System Shared |
| Memory Size | 6 GB | - |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 7500 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 12000-14000 Mbps | 15000 Mbps |
| Bus | 192-bit | 128-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | - |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | - |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | - |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | - |
| CUDA | 8.6 | - |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 2 | No |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | - |
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