Apple M2 Ultra 60-core vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 Ultra 60-core and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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 3080 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Ultra 60-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 79% higher core clock speed: 1398 MHz vs 780 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
Around 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 118819 vs 105640

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 Jun 2023 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed	1398 MHz vs 780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	118819 vs 105640

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

102.4x more pipelines: 6144 vs 60

Pipelines	6144 vs 60

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 Ultra 60-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

118819

105640

Name	Apple M2 Ultra 60-core	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
Geekbench - OpenCL	118819	105640
PassMark - G3D Mark		16500
PassMark - G2D Mark		643
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		26045
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		26045
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		11904

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 Ultra 60-core	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
Essentials
Launch date	13 Jun 2023	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	120	119
Architecture		Ampere
Code name		GA104
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	27.2 TFLOPS	15.30 TFLOPS
Pipelines	60	6144
Render output units	240
Boost clock speed		1245 MHz
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		239.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		15.30 TFLOPS (1:1)
Pixel fill rate		119.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate		239.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		80 Watt
Transistor count		17400 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	800 GB/s	384.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	1024 bit	256 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount		8 GB
Memory clock speed		1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		Portable Device Dependent
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 4.0 x16
Laptop size		large
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