Apple M2 Ultra 60-core vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 Ultra 60-core and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

Apple M2 Ultra 60-core

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Ultra 60-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 55% higher core clock speed: 1398 MHz vs 900 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm

Launch date	13 Jun 2023 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed	1398 MHz vs 900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

64x more pipelines: 3840 vs 60

Pipelines	3840 vs 60

Compare benchmarks

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

Name	Apple M2 Ultra 60-core	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Geekbench - OpenCL	119315
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		20611
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		20611
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		7929
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		7929
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8917
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8917

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 Ultra 60-core	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Essentials
Launch date	13 Jun 2023	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	118	123
Architecture		Ampere
Code name		GA106
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	27.2 TFLOPS	10.94 TFLOPS
Pipelines	60	3840
Render output units	240
Boost clock speed		1425 MHz
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		171.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		10.94 TFLOPS (1:1)
Pixel fill rate		68.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate		171.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		80 Watt
Transistor count		12000 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	800 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	1024 bit	192 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount		6 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