Apple 60-Core M3 Ultra vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Full Specs

Summary

7,680 Shaders 1.38GHz	3,072 Shaders 2.46GHz
Shared Memory819.2GB/sLPDDR5	8GB GDDR6288GB/s placeholder
Peak·FP32·FP16 21.2 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 15.11 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor PCIe Card
TDP Shared	TDP 115W
Power Connectors -	Power Connectors 1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR

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 Tensor INT8 Tensor INT4 Memory Bandwidth TDP

60-Core M3 Ultra21.2 TFLOPSFP16

x1

GeForce RTX 4060483.7 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse

x22.82

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1380MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed2460MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 21.2 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 483.7 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse
-	Tensor FP8-16 120.9 TFLOPS FP8-16 Tensor Sparse 241.8 TFLOPS Tensor FP8-32 60.46 TFLOPS FP8-32 Tensor Sparse 120.9 TFLOPS
-	Tensor FP16-16 60.46 TFLOPS FP16-16 Tensor Sparse 120.9 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 30.23 TFLOPS FP16-32 Tensor Sparse 60.46 TFLOPS
-	BF16 15.11 TFLOPS Tensor BF16 30.23 TFLOPS BF16 Tensor Sparse 60.46 TFLOPS
Tensor TF32 -	Tensor TF32 15.11 TFLOPS
FP32 21.2 TFLOPS	FP32 15.11 TFLOPS
-	FP64 236.2 GFLOPS
Tensor INT4 -	Tensor INT4 241.8 TOPS
-	Tensor INT8 120.9 TOPS
Ray -	Ray 34.94 TOPS
Pixel Rate 331.2 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 118.1 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 662.4 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 236.2 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 7,680 Shaders	Shaders 3,072 Shaders
TMUs 480 TMUs	TMUs 96 TMUs
ROPs 240 ROPs	ROPs 48 ROPs
Tensor Cores -	Tensor Cores 96 T-Cores
RT Cores 60 RT-Cores	RT Cores 24 RT-Cores
EUs 960 EUs	SMs 24 SMs

Clocks

Base Clock -	Base Clock 1.83GHz
Boost Clock 1.38GHz	Boost Clock 2.46GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 16.4MB shared

L2 Cache 49.1MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5	8GB GDDR6 placeholder
Memory Bus 1024-bit	Memory Bus 128-bit
Memory Speed 6.4GT/s	Memory Speed 18GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 819.2GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 288GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Power & Thermals

TDP Shared	TDP 115W
Max Temp -	Max Temp 90°C Max

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 8	Multi-Monitor 4
HDCP -	HDCP HDCP 2.3

Ports

-	3x DisplayPort 1.4
-	1x HDMI 2.1

Encoder

Encoder Model 4x Apple Media Engine 3

Encoder Model NVENC 8

Decoder

Decoder Model 2x Apple Media Engine 3

Decoder Model NVDEC 5

Card

Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor PCIe Card
PCIe -	PCIe 2.1-Slots
-	Height 98 mm (3.86") Width 244 mm (9.61") Depth 42 mm (1.65")
Cooling Passive -	Cooling Open-Air 2x Fans
Power Connectors -	Power Connectors 1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer NVIDIA
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer NVIDIA
Architecture Apple Gen 6	Architecture Ada Lovelace
Family M Series	Family GeForce 40
Branding	Branding
Codename G15D	Codename NV187
Chip Variant -	Chip Variant AD107
Market Segment Workstation	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Mar 5, 2025	Release Date May 18, 2023

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3B	Fabrication Node 4N
Die Size 954mm²	Die Size 159mm²
Transistor Count 184 Billion	Transistor Count 18.9 Billion
Transistor Density 193 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 118.9 MTr/mm²

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Used In

CPUs M3 Ultra (28C60G)	CPUs -
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