Apple M2 Pro 16-core vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 Pro 16-core and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Technologies. 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).

Apple M2 Pro 16-core

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Pro 16-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 26% higher core clock speed: 1398 MHz vs 1110 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm

Launch date	17 Jan 2023 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed	1398 MHz vs 1110 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile

320x more pipelines: 5120 vs 16

Pipelines	5120 vs 16

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 Pro 16-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile

Name	Apple M2 Pro 16-core	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
Geekbench - OpenCL	47850
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		26458
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		26458
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		12868
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		12868
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		20579
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		20579

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 Pro 16-core	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
Essentials
Launch date	17 Jan 2023	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	446	47
Architecture		Ampere
Code name		GA104
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	1110 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.726 TFLOPS	15.97 TFLOPS
Pipelines	16	5120
Render output units	64
Boost clock speed		1560 MHz
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		249.6 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		15.97 TFLOPS (1:1)
Pixel fill rate		124.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate		249.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		115 Watt
Transistor count		17400 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	204.8 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount		8 GB
Memory clock speed		1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height		PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface		PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX		12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL		3.0
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.7
Vulkan
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready