Apple M2 Ultra 60-core vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 Ultra 60-core and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 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 M2 Ultra 60-core

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Ultra 60-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 6% higher core clock speed: 1398 MHz vs 1320 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
Around 36% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 119711 vs 88251

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 Jun 2023 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed	1398 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	119711 vs 88251

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

59.7x more pipelines: 3584 vs 60

Pipelines	3584 vs 60

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 Ultra 60-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

119711

88251

Name	Apple M2 Ultra 60-core	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Geekbench - OpenCL	119711	88251
PassMark - G3D Mark		17107
PassMark - G2D Mark		971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		299.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		4021.382
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		28.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		188.944
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1152.664
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1961

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 Ultra 60-core	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Essentials
Launch date	13 Jun 2023	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	115	134
Architecture		Ampere
Code name		GA106
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	27.2 TFLOPS	12.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	60	3584
Render output units	240
Boost clock speed		1777 MHz
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Pixel fill rate		85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate		199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		170 Watt
Transistor count		13250 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	800 GB/s	360 GB/s
Memory bus width	1024 bit	192 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount		12 GB
Memory clock speed		1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor		Dual-slot
Interface		PCIe 4.0 x16
Length		242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)		450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		1x 12-pin
Width		112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX		12.2
OpenCL		2.0
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.5
Vulkan