GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop vs Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
AD107 (GN21-X4)
Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
Custom
We performed a head-to-head comparison of the GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile 8 GB with 24 pipelines and 3072 shaders against the 8 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 4060 Laptop
- Performs significantly better (up to 67%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Includes 8 GB of dedicated GDDR6 memory
- 2.3x higher maximum theoretical performance (14.6 vs 6.4 TFLOPS)
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 3 technology
- Achieves 2.3x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (97K vs 43K)
- Has 67% higher memory bandwidth: 256 vs 153.6 GB/s
- Has 33% more shading units (3072 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 | 120 77 66 44 |
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| The Witcher 3 | 141 112 79 42 |
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 205 153 110 54 |
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| Far Cry 6 | 103 92 75 43 |
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| Hogwarts Legacy | 74 62 45 25 |
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| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 95 85 59 37 |
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| Ghost of Tsushima | 74 60 42 23 |
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 82 72 42 21 |
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| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 127 116 83 43 |
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| 1080p High | 113 | - |
| 1080p Ultra | 92 | - |
| 1440p Ultra | 67 | - |
| 4K Ultra | 37 | - |
| Margin of Error | Low | Medium |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 10397 | - |
| Solar Bay | 45002 | 22637 |
| Port Royal | 5819 | - |
| Fire Strike | 26481 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | 19820 | 14021 |
| Night Raid | 98330 | - |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 142.7 img/sec | 82.1 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 103.7 img/sec | 53.6 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 3.83 Gpixels/sec | 1.82 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 4.93 Gpixels/sec | 2.59 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 4.63 Gpixels/sec | 1.84 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.27 Gpixels/sec | 0.48 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 430.4 Gpixels/sec | 148.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 13519.5 FPS | 4893.9 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 731 | - |
| DirectX 11 | 155 FPS | - |
| DirectX 12 | 72 FPS | - |
| GPU Compute | 6789 Ops/s | - |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-04 (Viru) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 115610 |
| 📘 2026-09-04 (Viru) | Cinebench 2024 | 10216 |
| 📘 2026-02-21 (Бенкдикт) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 101184 |
| 📘 2025-12-18 (AmirtheX) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 107583 |
| 📘 2025-11-17 (kritan) | Cinebench 2024 | 10306 |
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) | 7421 | 5578 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 19041 | 9924 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 20913 | 13323 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 35464 | 19900 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 67110 | 35730 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3086 | 2904 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 4740 | 4985 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 8644 | 5496 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 32456 | 23344 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 142039 | 78342 |
| Framework | ONNX | Core ML |
| Backend | DirectML | GPU |
Results were compared using different ML frameworks
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop and Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Apple |
| Build | Discrete | Integrated |
| Released | February 22, 2023 | October 31, 2023 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Professional |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | AD107 (GN21-X4) | Custom |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop | - Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 7 155H or above | - Apple M3 Pro or above |
| Used in CPUs | - | - Apple M3 Pro |
Laptop GPU ranking (43rd and 61st place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1140-2295 MHz (configurable) | 500 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1470-2370 MHz (configurable) | 1380 MHz |
| Shading Units | 3072 | 2304 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 96 | 144 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 72 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 24 | 288 |
| Tensor Cores | 96 | - |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 24 | - |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | - |
| L2 Cache | 32MB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 71-114 GPixel/s | 99 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 141-228 GTexel/s | 199 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | Custom |
| TGP | 35-140 W (configurable) | 30 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 3 nm |
| Die Size | 156 mm² | - |
| Transistor Count | 18.9 billion | 25.2 billion |
| Transistor Density | 121.15 MTr/mm² | - |
| Max. Temperature | - | 100°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | System Shared |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | - |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 6400 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 16000 Mbps | 12800 Mbps |
| Bus | 128-bit | 192-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | - |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | - |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | - |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | - |
| CUDA | 8.9 | - |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 3 | No |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | - |
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