Apple 8-Core M1 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Full Specs

Summary

1,024 Shaders 1.28GHz	2,560 Shaders 1.78GHz
Shared Memory68.3GB/sLPDDR4X	8GB GDDR6224GB/s placeholder
Peak·FP32·FP16 2.62 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

8-Core M12.62 TFLOPSFP16

x1

GeForce RTX 3050291.1 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse

x111.24

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1278MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1777MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 2.62 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 2.62 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 40.9 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 56.9 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 81.8 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 142.2 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 1,024 Shaders	Shaders 2,560 Shaders
TMUs 64 TMUs	TMUs 80 TMUs
ROPs 32 ROPs	ROPs 32 ROPs
Tensor Cores -	Tensor Cores 80 T-Cores
RT Cores -	RT Cores 20 RT-Cores
EUs 128 EUs	SMs 20 SMs

Clocks

Base Clock -	Base Clock 1.55GHz
Boost Clock 1.28GHz	Boost Clock 1.78GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 768KB shared

L2 Cache 2MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR4X	8GB GDDR6 placeholder
Memory Bus 128-bit	Memory Bus 128-bit
Memory Speed 4.3GT/s	Memory Speed 14GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 68.3GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 224GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Power & Thermals

TDP Shared

TDP 115W

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 1	Multi-Monitor 3
HDCP -	HDCP HDCP 2.3

Ports

-	3x DisplayPort 1.4
-	1x HDMI 2.1

Encoder

Encoder Model Apple Media Engine 1

Encoder Model NVENC 7

Decoder

Decoder Model Apple Media Engine 1

Decoder Model NVDEC 5

Card

Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor PCIe Card
PCIe -	PCIe 1.9-Slots
-	Height 112 mm (4.41") Width 242 mm (9.53") Depth 38 mm (1.5")
Cooling Open-Air -	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 4	Architecture Ampere
Family M Series	Family GeForce 30
Branding	Branding
Codename G13G	Codename NV177
Chip Variant -	Chip Variant GA107-140-A1
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Nov 10, 2020	Release Date Dec 16, 2022

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry Samsung
Fabrication Node N5	Fabrication Node 8N
Die Size 123mm²	Die Size 200mm²
Transistor Count 16 Billion	Transistor Count 8.7 Billion
Transistor Density 130 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 43.5 MTr/mm²

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Used In

CPUs M1 (8C8G)	CPUs -
Laptops MacBook Pro 13(M1, Late 2020)	Laptops -
Desktops Mac mini(M1, Late 2020)	Desktops Aurora(R13, Late 2021)Aurora(R14, Late 2021)Envy(Early 2022) Show 3 more
All-in-Ones iMac 24(M1, Four Ports, Mid 2021)	All-in-Ones -

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