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.

Apple M1 Pro 14-core

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

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 81% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 71751 vs 39716

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1365 MHz vs 1296 MHz
Pipelines	1920 vs 14
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	71751 vs 39716
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

39716

71751

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	39716	71751
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		14152
PassMark - G2D Mark		748
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		7482

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	162	159
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