Apple M1 Max 24-core vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 Max 24-core and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Apple M1 Max 24-core

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 Max 24-core

Around 5% higher core clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 1237 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
7.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 17% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 66635 vs 57100

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1296 MHz vs 1237 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	66635 vs 57100

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
106.7x more pipelines: 2560 vs 24

Launch date	6 Jul 2022 vs 26 Oct 2021
Pipelines	2560 vs 24

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M1 Max 24-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

66635

57100

Name	Apple M1 Max 24-core	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
Geekbench - OpenCL	66635	57100
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	25004
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	25004
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7440
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7440
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	6721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	6721
PassMark - G2D Mark		845
PassMark - G3D Mark		10694
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4851

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M1 Max 24-core	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
Essentials
Launch date	26 Oct 2021	6 Jul 2022
Place in performance rating	125	128
Architecture		Ampere
Code name		GA107
Technical info
Core clock speed	1296 MHz	1237 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.962 TFLOPS
Pipelines	24	2560
Render output units	96
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	75 Watt
Boost clock speed		1492 MHz
Pixel fill rate		47.74 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate		119.4 GTexel/s
Transistor count		8700 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	409.6 GB/s	144.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	512 bit	96 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount		6 GB
Memory clock speed		1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor		IGP
Interface		PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX		12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL		3.0
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.7
Vulkan