30-Core M3 Max vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop 100W

30-Core M3 Max
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop 100W
3840 Shaders
Shared Memory
1398MHz
3840 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
1605MHz
Peak AI Performance
10.74 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
394.44 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP32
10.74 TFLOPS
FP32
12.33 TFLOPS
FP16
10.74 TFLOPS
FP16
12.33 TFLOPS
Form Factor
iGPU
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
Shared
TDP
100W
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 76,805
25%
GB5 OpenCL 95,865
31%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA 112,585
32%
GB5 Metal 85,880
48%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
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GB5 Vulkan 69,295
34%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT 2020.1 315
42%
OCT Metal N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
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Manufacturer
Apple
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
Apple
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Apple Gen 6
Architecture
Ampere
Family
M Series
Family
GeForce 30
Codename
G16C
M3 Max
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Codename
NV176
GA106
Variant
GN20-E3
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
10/30/2023
Release Date
2/25/2021
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Foundry
Samsung
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Die Size
276 mm²
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Transistor Count
13.3 Billion
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Transistor Density
48.01M/mm²
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Form
iGPU
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
3840 Shaders
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Shading Units
3840 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
240 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
120 TMUs
Render Output Units
120 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
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Tensor Cores
120 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
30 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
30 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
30 SMs
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Execution Units
480 EUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
30 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
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1398MHz
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1267MHz Base
1605MHz
Peak AI Performance
10.74 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
394.44 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
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FP16
10.74 TFLOPS
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FP16
12.33 TFLOPS
49.31 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
98.61 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
24.65 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
49.31 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP32
10.74 TFLOPS
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FP32
12.33 TFLOPS
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FP64
190 GFLOPS
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BF16
12.33 TFLOPS
24.65 TFLOPS Tensor
49.31 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
12.33 TFLOPS Tensor
24.65 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
197.22 TOPS Tensor
394.44 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT8
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98.61 TOPS Tensor
197.22 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT32
6.16 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
24.1 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
167.76 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
77.04 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
335.52 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
192.6 GTexel/s
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L1
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Unknown
L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L2
Unknown
L2
3MB Shared
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Shared Memory
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6GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
192Bit
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Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
336GB/s
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TDP
Shared
TDP
100W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
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Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Model
2x Apple Media Engine 3
Model
NVENC 7
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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ProRes
ProRes Raw
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
Apple Media Engine 3
Model
NVDEC 5
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
ProRes
ProRes Raw
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
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OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
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Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
Not a Card
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Not a Card
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PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Change Comparison