Apple 12-Core M6 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop 115W Full Specs

Summary

1,536 Shaders 1.74GHz	3,072 Shaders 2.37GHz
Shared Memory170.7GB/sLPDDR5X	8GB GDDR6256GB/s placeholder
Peak·FP32·FP16 5.33 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 14.56 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor Soldered
TDP Shared	TDP 115W

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 Tensor FP8-16 FP8-16 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP8-32 FP8-32 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP16-16 FP16-16 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP16-32 FP16-32 Tensor Sparse FP64 BF16 Tensor BF16 BF16 Tensor Sparse Tensor TF32 TF32 Tensor Sparse Tensor INT8 INT8 Tensor Sparse Tensor INT4 INT4 Tensor Sparse Memory Bandwidth TDP

12-Core M642.64 TOPSINT8 Tensor

x1

GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop 115W466 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse

x10.93

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1735MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed2370MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 42.64 TOPSINT8 Tensor	Peak OPS 466 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse
-	Tensor FP8-16 116.5 TFLOPS FP8-16 Tensor Sparse 233 TFLOPS Tensor FP8-32 58.25 TFLOPS FP8-32 Tensor Sparse 116.5 TFLOPS
FP16 10.66 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-16 10.66 TFLOPS FP16-16 Tensor Sparse - Tensor FP16-32 10.66 TFLOPS FP16-32 Tensor Sparse -	FP16 14.56 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-16 58.25 TFLOPS FP16-16 Tensor Sparse 116.5 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 29.12 TFLOPS FP16-32 Tensor Sparse 58.25 TFLOPS
BF16 - Tensor BF16 21.32 TFLOPS BF16 Tensor Sparse -	BF16 14.56 TFLOPS Tensor BF16 29.12 TFLOPS BF16 Tensor Sparse 58.25 TFLOPS
-	Tensor TF32 14.56 TFLOPS TF32 Tensor Sparse 29.12 TFLOPS
FP32 5.33 TFLOPS	FP32 14.56 TFLOPS
-	FP64 227.5 GFLOPS
-	Tensor INT4 233 TOPS INT4 Tensor Sparse 466 TOPS
Tensor INT8 42.64 TOPS INT8 Tensor Sparse -	Tensor INT8 116.5 TOPS INT8 Tensor Sparse 233 TOPS
Ray -	Ray 33.66 TOPS
Pixel Rate 83.3 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 113.8 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 166.6 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 227.5 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 1,536 Shaders	Shaders 3,072 Shaders
TMUs 96 TMUs	TMUs 96 TMUs
ROPs 48 ROPs	ROPs 48 ROPs
Tensor Cores 12 T-Cores	Tensor Cores 96 T-Cores
RT Cores 12 RT-Cores	RT Cores 24 RT-Cores
EUs 192 EUs	SMs 24 SMs

Clocks

Base Clock -	Base Clock 2.29GHz
Boost Clock 1.74GHz	Boost Clock 2.37GHz

Cache

L1 -	L1 64KB/SM Tex
L2 Cache 2MB shared	L2 Cache 32MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5X	8GB GDDR6 placeholder
Memory Bus 128-bit	Memory Bus 128-bit
Memory Speed 10.7GT/s	Memory Speed 16GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 170.7GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 256GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Power & Thermals

TDP Shared

TDP 115W

Video Output

Max Resolution 7680x4320	Max Resolution 7680x4320
Refresh Rate Calculator 7680x4320 Resolution8K UHD Refresh Rate 120Hz	Refresh Rate Calculator 7680x4320 Resolution8K UHD Refresh Rate 60Hz
Multi-Monitor 3	Multi-Monitor 4
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_3
-	OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 3 Vulkan 1.3
-	CUDA 8.9 PureVideo HD VP12 VDPAU Feature Set L

Encoder

Encoder Apple Media Engine 3	Encoder NVENC 8
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - ProRes	Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1 -

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 x16
Cooling Blower 1x Fan	Cooling Open-Air -

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer NVIDIA
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer NVIDIA
Architecture Apple Gen 9	Architecture Ada Lovelace
Family M Series	Family GeForce 40
Branding	Branding
Codename G18G	Codename NV187
Chip Variant -	Chip Variant AD107
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Laptop
Release Date Aug 25, 2026	Release Date Feb 22, 2023

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N2	Fabrication Node 4N
Die Size -	Die Size 159mm²
Transistor Count -	Transistor Count 18.9B
Transistor Density -	Transistor Density 118.9 MTr/mm²

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