Apple M2 Ultra 60-core vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 Ultra 60-core and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Apple M2 Ultra 60-core

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Ultra 60-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm

Launch date	13 Jun 2023 vs 19 Oct 2022
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1410 MHz vs 1398 MHz
81.1x more pipelines: 4864 vs 60

Core clock speed	1410 MHz vs 1398 MHz
Pipelines	4864 vs 60

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 Ultra 60-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

Name	Apple M2 Ultra 60-core	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X
Geekbench - OpenCL	118818
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		12219

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 Ultra 60-core	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X
Essentials
Launch date	13 Jun 2023	19 Oct 2022
Place in performance rating	121	124
Architecture		Ampere
Code name		GA104
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	1410 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	27.2 TFLOPS	16.20 TFLOPS
Pipelines	60	4864
Render output units	240
Boost clock speed		1665 MHz
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		253.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		16.20 TFLOPS (1:1)
Pixel fill rate		133.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate		253.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		225 Watt
Transistor count		17400 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	800 GB/s	608.3 GB/s
Memory bus width	1024 bit	256 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount		8 GB
Memory clock speed		1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor		Dual-slot
Interface		PCIe 4.0 x16
Length		242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		1x 12-pin
Width		112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX		12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL		3.0
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.7
Vulkan