GeForce RTX 3060 vs Apple M4 Pro GPU (20-core)
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
GA106
Apple M4 Pro GPU (20-core)
Custom
We performed a head-to-head comparison of the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB with 28 pipelines and 3584 shaders against the 3 years and 11 months newer Apple M4 Pro GPU (20-core) that utilizes 320 pipelines and 2560 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
The "Energy Efficiency" metric has less impact on the NanoReview Score for desktop GPU.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3060
- Includes 12 GB of dedicated GDDR6 memory
- 57% higher maximum theoretical performance (12.7 vs 8.1 TFLOPS)
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 2 technology
- Has 32% higher memory bandwidth: 360 vs 273 GB/s
- Achieves 31% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (91K vs 70K)
- Has 40% more shading units (3584 vs 2560)
Reasons to consider the Apple M4 Pro GPU (20-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 | 112 68 60 39 |
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| The Witcher 3 | 122 100 74 39 |
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 181 137 99 48 |
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| Far Cry 6 | 95 85 67 37 |
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| Hogwarts Legacy | 65 57 40 18 |
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| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 80 74 53 31 |
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| Ghost of Tsushima | 62 50 37 20 |
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 68 64 38 16 |
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| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 109 98 70 36 |
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| 1080p High | 99 | - |
| 1080p Ultra | 81 | - |
| 1440p Ultra | 60 | - |
| 4K Ultra | 32 | - |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 8754 | - |
| Solar Bay | 41158 | 33418 |
| Port Royal | 5145 | - |
| Fire Strike | 22304 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | 17728 | 19535 |
| Night Raid | 97159 | - |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 149.6 img/sec | 125.1 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 91 img/sec | 80 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 4.07 Gpixels/sec | 2.88 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.58 Gpixels/sec | 4.22 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 3.92 Gpixels/sec | 2.98 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.01 Gpixels/sec | 0.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 372.9 Gpixels/sec | 235 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 12226.3 FPS | 9516.1 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 965 | - |
| DirectX 11 | 127 FPS | - |
| DirectX 12 | 68 FPS | - |
| GPU Compute | 8231 Ops/s | - |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 3060
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-12-07 (tach) | Cinebench 2024 | 7952 |
Apple M4 Pro GPU (20-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) | 6645 | 8046 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 15338 | 15443 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 14283 | 20807 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 28862 | 30860 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 61313 | 56783 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2463 | 2888 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 3793 | 6167 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 7712 | 7592 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 25461 | 33607 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 123233 | 126726 |
| Framework | ONNX | Core ML |
| Backend | DirectML | GPU |
Results were compared using different ML frameworks
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 3060 and Apple M4 Pro GPU (20-core)General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Apple |
| Build | Discrete | Integrated |
| Released | January 12, 2021 | October 29, 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $329 | - |
| Case | Desktop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Professional |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Ampere | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | GA106 | Custom |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 6700 XT | - GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5060 | - Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i5 12600K or above | - Apple M4 Pro (14-Core) or above |
| Used in CPUs | - | - Apple M4 Pro (14-Core) |
Desktop GPU rating (#58th place)
Laptop GPU ranking (#38th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1320 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1777 MHz | 1578 MHz |
| Shading Units | 3584 | 2560 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 112 | 160 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 80 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 28 | 320 |
| Tensor Cores | 112 | - |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 28 | - |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | - |
| L2 Cache | 3MB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 85 GPixel/s | 126 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 199 GTexel/s | 252 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | Custom |
| TGP | 170 W | 26 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 8 nm | 3 nm |
| Die Size | 276 mm² | - |
| Transistor Count | 12 billion | - |
| Transistor Density | 43.48 MTr/mm² | - |
| Max. Temperature | - | 100°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | System Shared |
| Memory Size | 12 GB | - |
| Memory Clock | 1875 MHz | 8533 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 15000 Mbps | 15000 Mbps |
| Bus | 192-bit | 192-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | - |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | - |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | - |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | - |
| CUDA | 8.6 | - |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 2 | No |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | - |
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