GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop vs Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
GA104 (GN20-E5)
Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
Custom
We performed a head-to-head comparison of the GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile 8 GB with 40 pipelines and 5120 shaders against the 2 years and 10 months newer Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) that utilizes 288 pipelines and 2304 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
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
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
- Performs significantly better (up to 67%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 2.6x higher maximum theoretical performance (16.6 vs 6.4 TFLOPS)
- Includes 8 GB of dedicated GDDR6 memory
- Has 2.9x higher memory bandwidth: 448 vs 153.6 GB/s
- Achieves 2.7x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (118K vs 43K)
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 2 technology
- Has 2.2x more shading units (5120 vs 2304)
Reasons to consider the Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-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 | 124 78 67 49 |
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| The Witcher 3 | 137 112 82 43 |
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 199 149 109 57 |
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| Far Cry 6 | 107 96 75 41 |
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| Hogwarts Legacy | 78 65 47 24 |
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| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 93 84 59 42 |
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| Ghost of Tsushima | 73 58 45 24 |
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 80 71 44 18 |
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| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 127 114 84 44 |
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| 1080p High | 113 | - |
| 1080p Ultra | 92 | - |
| 1440p Ultra | 68 | - |
| 4K Ultra | 38 | - |
| Margin of Error | Low | Medium |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 10477 | - |
| Solar Bay | 45198 | 22637 |
| Port Royal | 6247 | - |
| Fire Strike | 26725 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | 21132 | 14021 |
| Night Raid | 82499 | - |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 170.3 img/sec | 82.1 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 113.6 img/sec | 53.6 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 5.59 Gpixels/sec | 1.82 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 7.94 Gpixels/sec | 2.59 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 6.19 Gpixels/sec | 1.84 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.16 Gpixels/sec | 0.48 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 467 Gpixels/sec | 148.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 15131.3 FPS | 4893.9 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 626 | - |
| DirectX 11 | 137 FPS | - |
| DirectX 12 | 62 FPS | - |
| GPU Compute | 6642 Ops/s | - |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-30 (peppew517) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 123169 |
| 📘 2026-06-30 (peppew517) | Cinebench 2024 | 10455 |
| 📘 2026-06-25 (peppew517) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 122261 |
| 📘 2026-06-25 (peppew517) | Steel Nomad Light | 12032 |
Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-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) | 6969 | 5578 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 17142 | 9924 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 16426 | 13323 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 31628 | 19900 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 74413 | 35730 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2522 | 2904 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 3639 | 4985 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 9002 | 5496 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 27790 | 23344 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 160005 | 78342 |
| Framework | ONNX | Core ML |
| Backend | DirectML | GPU |
Results were compared using different ML frameworks
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop and Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Apple |
| Build | Discrete | Integrated |
| Released | January 12, 2021 | October 31, 2023 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Professional |
| Segment | High-end | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Ampere | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | GA104 (GN20-E5) | Custom |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 6700M | - GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop | - Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i7 12700H or above | - Apple M3 Pro or above |
| Used in CPUs | - | - Apple M3 Pro |
Laptop GPU ranking (48th and 60th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 780-1215 MHz (configurable) | 500 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1290-1620 MHz (configurable) | 1380 MHz |
| Shading Units | 5120 | 2304 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 160 | 144 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 80 | 72 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 40 | 288 |
| Tensor Cores | 160 | - |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 40 | - |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | - |
| L2 Cache | 4MB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 103-130 GPixel/s | 99 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 206-259 GTexel/s | 199 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | Custom |
| TGP | 80-150 W (configurable) | 30 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 8 nm | 3 nm |
| Die Size | 392 mm² | - |
| Transistor Count | 17.4 billion | 25.2 billion |
| Transistor Density | 44.39 MTr/mm² | - |
| Max. Temperature | - | 100°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | System Shared |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | - |
| Memory Clock | 1500-1750 MHz | 6400 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 12000-14000 Mbps | 12800 Mbps |
| Bus | 256-bit | 192-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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