Apple 10-Core M4 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop 100W Full Specs

Summary

1,280 Shaders 1.58GHz	3,840 Shaders 1.6GHz
Shared Memory120GB/sLPDDR5X	6GB GDDR6336GB/s placeholder
Peak·FP32·FP16 4.04 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 12.33 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor Soldered
TDP Shared	TDP 100W

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 Tensor FP16-16 FP16-16 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP16-32 FP16-32 Tensor Sparse FP64 BF16 Tensor BF16 BF16 Tensor Sparse Tensor TF32 Tensor INT8 Tensor INT4 Memory Bandwidth TDP

10-Core M44.04 TFLOPSFP16

x1

GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop 100W394.4 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse

x97.64

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1578MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1605MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 4.04 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 394.4 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse
-	Tensor FP16-16 49.31 TFLOPS FP16-16 Tensor Sparse 98.61 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 24.65 TFLOPS FP16-32 Tensor Sparse 49.31 TFLOPS
-	BF16 12.33 TFLOPS Tensor BF16 24.65 TFLOPS BF16 Tensor Sparse 49.31 TFLOPS
Tensor TF32 -	Tensor TF32 12.33 TFLOPS
FP32 4.04 TFLOPS	FP32 12.33 TFLOPS
-	FP64 192.6 GFLOPS
Tensor INT4 -	Tensor INT4 197.2 TOPS
-	Tensor INT8 98.61 TOPS
Ray -	Ray 18.59 TOPS
Pixel Rate 63.1 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 77 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 126.2 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 192.6 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 1,280 Shaders	Shaders 3,840 Shaders
TMUs 80 TMUs	TMUs 120 TMUs
ROPs 40 ROPs	ROPs 48 ROPs
Tensor Cores -	Tensor Cores 120 T-Cores
RT Cores 10 RT-Cores	RT Cores 30 RT-Cores
EUs 160 EUs	SMs 30 SMs

Clocks

Base Clock -	Base Clock 1.27GHz
Boost Clock 1.58GHz	Boost Clock 1.6GHz

Cache

L1 -	L1 64KB/SM Tex
L2 Cache 2MB shared	L2 Cache 3MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5X	6GB GDDR6 placeholder
Memory Bus 128-bit	Memory Bus 192-bit
Memory Speed 7.5GT/s	Memory Speed 14GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 120GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 336GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Power & Thermals

TDP Shared

TDP 100W

Video Output

Max Resolution 7680x4320	Max Resolution 7680x4320
Refresh Rate Calculator 7680x4320 Resolution8K UHD Refresh Rate 60Hz	Refresh Rate Calculator 7680x4320 Resolution8K UHD Refresh Rate 60Hz
Multi-Monitor 2	Multi-Monitor 3
Adaptive Sync -	Adaptive Sync G-Sync FreeSync
DSC Supported	DSC Supported
HDCP -	HDCP HDCP 2.3

API Support

Shader Model -	Shader Model 6.6
-	DirectX DirectX 12 Direct3D 12_2
-	OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 3 Vulkan 1.2
-	CUDA 8.6 PureVideo HD VP11 VDPAU Feature Set K

Encoder

Encoder Apple Media Engine 3	Encoder NVENC 7
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) ProRes	Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) -

Decoder

Decoder Apple Media Engine 3	Decoder NVDEC 5
Codec - - - - - - AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1 ProRes	Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 VC-1 VP8 VP9 AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1 -

Card

Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor Soldered
PCIe -	PCIe PCIe 4.0 x8

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer NVIDIA
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer NVIDIA
Architecture Apple Gen 7	Architecture Ampere
Family M Series	Family GeForce 30
Branding	Branding
Codename G16G	Codename NV176
Chip Variant -	Chip Variant GA106-150-KA-A1
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Laptop
Release Date Oct 28, 2024	Release Date Feb 25, 2021

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry Samsung
Fabrication Node N3E	Fabrication Node 8N
Die Size 169mm²	Die Size 276mm²
Transistor Count 28B	Transistor Count 13.3B
Transistor Density 165 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 48.01 MTr/mm²

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