Apple M1 Pro 14-core vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 Pro 14-core and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 Pro 14-core

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 12 nm
  • 10.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 160 Watt
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20379 vs 20094
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20379 vs 20094
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 26 Oct 2021 vs 7 January 2019
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 160 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20379 vs 20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20379 vs 20094
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6721 vs 6714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6721 vs 6714

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

  • Around 5% higher core clock speed: 1365 MHz vs 1296 MHz
  • 137.1x more pipelines: 1920 vs 14
  • Around 79% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 71402 vs 39965
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1365 MHz vs 1296 MHz
Pipelines 1920 vs 14
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 71402 vs 39965
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 7442 vs 7440
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 7442 vs 7440

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M1 Pro 14-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
39965
71402
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20379
20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20379
20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7440
7442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7440
7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6721
6714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6721
6714
Name Apple M1 Pro 14-core NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
Geekbench - OpenCL 39965 71402
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20379 20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20379 20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 7440 7442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 7440 7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6721 6714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6721 6714
PassMark - G3D Mark 14119
PassMark - G2D Mark 746
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 217.04
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3119.736
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 21.707
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 133.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1141.283
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1242

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple M1 Pro 14-core NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Essentials

Launch date 26 Oct 2021 7 January 2019
Place in performance rating 163 161
Architecture Turing
Code name TU106
Launch price (MSRP) $349
Price now $349.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 62.74

Technical info

Core clock speed 1296 MHz 1365 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 12 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 4.644 TFLOPS
Pipelines 14 1920
Render output units 56
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 160 Watt
Boost clock speed 1680 MHz
Transistor count 10,800 million

Memory

Memory bandwidth 204.8 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 192 Bit
Memory type LPDDR5-6400 GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
DisplayPort count 2
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 229 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.6