Apple M1 Ultra 48-core vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 Ultra 48-core and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q 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, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Apple M1 Ultra 48-core

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 Ultra 48-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 46% higher core clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 885 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 12 nm
Around 25% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 94967 vs 76247

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 Mar 2022 vs 29 January 2019
Core clock speed	1296 MHz vs 885 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	94967 vs 76247

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q

48x more pipelines: 2304 vs 48
Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 120 Watt

Pipelines	2304 vs 48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M1 Ultra 48-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

94967

76247

Name	Apple M1 Ultra 48-core	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q
Geekbench - OpenCL	94967	76247
PassMark - G3D Mark		11565
PassMark - G2D Mark		471
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		168.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1935.102
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		22.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		111.023
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1001.496
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		17328
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8912
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		8055
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		17328
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8912
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		8055
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		6789

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M1 Ultra 48-core	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q
Essentials
Launch date	18 Mar 2022	29 January 2019
Place in performance rating	178	180
Architecture		Turing
Code name		TU106
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1296 MHz	885 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	12 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	15.925 TFLOPS
Pipelines	48	2304
Render output units	192
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	115 Watt
Boost clock speed		1185 MHz
Transistor count		10,800 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	819.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	1024 bit	256 Bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR6
Memory clock speed		14000 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX		12.0
OpenGL		4.6