Apple 60-Core M3 Ultra vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Full Specs

Summary

7,680 Shaders 1.38GHz	2,560 Shaders 1.78GHz
Shared Memory819.2GB/sLPDDR5	8GB GDDR6224GB/s placeholder
Peak·FP32·FP16 21.2 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 9.1 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor PCIe Card
TDP Shared	TDP 115W
Power Connectors -	Power Connectors 1x 12-Pin

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

60-Core M3 Ultra21.2 TFLOPSFP16

x1

GeForce RTX 3050291.1 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse

x13.74

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1380MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1777MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 21.2 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 291.1 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse
-	Tensor FP16-16 36.39 TFLOPS FP16-16 Tensor Sparse 72.79 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 18.2 TFLOPS FP16-32 Tensor Sparse 36.39 TFLOPS
-	BF16 9.1 TFLOPS Tensor BF16 18.2 TFLOPS BF16 Tensor Sparse 36.39 TFLOPS
Tensor TF32 -	Tensor TF32 9.1 TFLOPS
FP32 21.2 TFLOPS	FP32 9.1 TFLOPS
-	FP64 142.2 GFLOPS
Tensor INT4 -	Tensor INT4 145.6 TOPS
-	Tensor INT8 72.79 TOPS
Ray -	Ray 13.72 TOPS
Pixel Rate 331.2 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 56.9 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 662.4 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 142.2 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 7,680 Shaders	Shaders 2,560 Shaders
TMUs 480 TMUs	TMUs 80 TMUs
ROPs 240 ROPs	ROPs 32 ROPs
Tensor Cores -	Tensor Cores 80 T-Cores
RT Cores 60 RT-Cores	RT Cores 20 RT-Cores
EUs 960 EUs	SMs 20 SMs

Clocks

Base Clock -	Base Clock 1.55GHz
Boost Clock 1.38GHz	Boost Clock 1.78GHz

Cache

L1 -	L1 64KB/SM Tex
L2 Cache 16MB shared	L2 Cache 2MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5	8GB GDDR6 placeholder
Memory Bus 1024-bit	Memory Bus 128-bit
Memory Speed 6.4GT/s	Memory Speed 14GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 819.2GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 224GB/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 60Hz	Refresh Rate Calculator 7680x4320 Resolution8K UHD Refresh Rate 60Hz
Multi-Monitor 8	Multi-Monitor 3
Adaptive Sync -	Adaptive Sync G-Sync FreeSync
DSC Supported	DSC Supported
HDCP -	HDCP HDCP 2.3

Ports

-	3x DisplayPort 1.4 1x HDMI 2.1

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 4x Apple Media Engine 3	Encoder NVENC 7
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) ProRes	Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) -

Decoder

Decoder 2x 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 PCIe Card
PCIe -	PCIe PCIe 4.0 x8 1.9-Slots
-	Height 112mm (4.41") Width 242mm (9.53") Depth 38mm (1.5")
Cooling Passive -	Cooling Open-Air 2x Fans
Power Connectors -	Power Connectors 1x 12-Pin

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer NVIDIA
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer NVIDIA
Architecture Apple Gen 6	Architecture Ampere
Family M Series	Family GeForce 30
Branding	Branding
Codename G15D	Codename NV177
Chip Variant -	Chip Variant GA107-140-A1
Market Segment Workstation	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Mar 5, 2025	Release Date Dec 16, 2022

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry Samsung
Fabrication Node N3B	Fabrication Node 8N
Die Size 954mm²	Die Size 200mm²
Transistor Count 184B	Transistor Count 8.7B
Transistor Density 193 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 43.5 MTr/mm²

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