Apple M1 Max 24-core vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 Max 24-core and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Apple M1 Max 24-core

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 Max 24-core

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
22.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 225 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 225 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1410 MHz vs 1296 MHz
202.7x more pipelines: 4864 vs 24

Launch date	19 Oct 2022 vs 26 Oct 2021
Core clock speed	1410 MHz vs 1296 MHz
Pipelines	4864 vs 24

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M1 Max 24-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

Name	Apple M1 Max 24-core	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X
Geekbench - OpenCL	66294
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		12269

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M1 Max 24-core	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X
Essentials
Launch date	26 Oct 2021	19 Oct 2022
Place in performance rating	126	128
Architecture		Ampere
Code name		GA104
Technical info
Core clock speed	1296 MHz	1410 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.962 TFLOPS	16.20 TFLOPS
Pipelines	24	4864
Render output units	96
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	225 Watt
Boost clock speed		1665 MHz
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		253.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		16.20 TFLOPS (1:1)
Pixel fill rate		133.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate		253.1 GTexel/s
Transistor count		17400 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	409.6 GB/s	608.3 GB/s
Memory bus width	512 bit	256 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount		8 GB
Memory clock speed		1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor		Dual-slot
Interface		PCIe 4.0 x16
Length		242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		1x 12-pin
Width		112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX		12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL		3.0
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.7
Vulkan