NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 vs Apple 16-Core M2 Pro Full Specs

Summary

2,560 Shaders 1.78GHz	2,048 Shaders 1.4GHz
8GB GDDR6224GB/s placeholder	Shared Memory204.8GB/sLPDDR5
Peak·FP32·FP16 9.1 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 5.73 TFLOPS
Form Factor PCIe Card	Form Factor iGPU
TDP 115W	TDP Shared
Power Connectors 1x 12-Pin	Power Connectors -

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

GeForce RTX 3050291.1 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse

x50.84

16-Core M2 Pro5.73 TFLOPSFP16

x1

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1777MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1398MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 291.1 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse	Peak OPS 5.73 TFLOPSFP16
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 9.1 TFLOPS	Tensor TF32 -
FP32 9.1 TFLOPS	FP32 5.73 TFLOPS
FP64 142.2 GFLOPS	-
Tensor INT4 145.6 TOPS	Tensor INT4 -
Tensor INT8 72.79 TOPS	-
Ray 13.72 TOPS	Ray -
Pixel Rate 56.9 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 89.5 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 142.2 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 178.9 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 2,560 Shaders	Shaders 2,048 Shaders
TMUs 80 TMUs	TMUs 128 TMUs
ROPs 32 ROPs	ROPs 64 ROPs
Tensor Cores 80 T-Cores	Tensor Cores -
RT Cores 20 RT-Cores	RT Cores -
SMs 20 SMs	EUs 256 EUs

Clocks

Base Clock 1.55GHz	Base Clock -
Boost Clock 1.78GHz	Boost Clock 1.4GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 2MB shared

L2 Cache 4.1MB shared

Memory

8GB GDDR6 placeholder	Shared MemoryLPDDR5
Memory Bus 128-bit	Memory Bus 256-bit
Memory Speed 14GT/s	Memory Speed 6.4GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 224GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 204.8GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Power & Thermals

TDP 115W

TDP Shared

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 3	Multi-Monitor 2
HDCP HDCP 2.3	HDCP -

Ports

3x DisplayPort 1.4	-
1x HDMI 2.1	-

Encoder

Encoder Model NVENC 7

Encoder Model Apple Media Engine 2

Decoder

Decoder Model NVDEC 5

Decoder Model Apple Media Engine 2

Card

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

Chip

Manufacturer NVIDIA	Manufacturer Apple
Chip Designer NVIDIA	Chip Designer Apple
Architecture Ampere	Architecture Apple Gen 5
Family GeForce 30	Family M Series
Branding	Branding
Codename NV177	Codename G14S
Chip Variant GA107-140-A1	Chip Variant -
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Laptop
Release Date Dec 16, 2022	Release Date Jan 17, 2023

Fabrication

Foundry Samsung	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node 8N	Fabrication Node N5P
Die Size 200mm²	Die Size 295mm²
Transistor Count 8.7 Billion	Transistor Count 40 Billion
Transistor Density 43.5 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 136 MTr/mm²

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Used In

CPUs -	CPUs M2 Pro (10C16G)
Laptops -	Laptops MacBook Pro 14(M2 Pro, Early 2023)
Desktops Aurora(R13, Late 2021)Aurora(R14, Late 2021)Envy(Early 2022) Show 3 more	Desktops Mac mini(M2 Pro, Early 2023)

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