GeForce RTX 3070 vs Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
GA104
Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
Custom
We performed a head-to-head comparison of the GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB with 46 pipelines and 5888 shaders against the 3 years and 1 month newer Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) that utilizes 288 pipelines and 2304 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
DeviceFacts Final Score
Overall video card score
The "Energy Efficiency" metric has less impact on the DeviceFacts Score for desktop GPU.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3070
- Performs significantly better (up to 2.3x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 3.2x higher maximum theoretical performance (20.3 vs 6.4 TFLOPS)
- Includes 8 GB of dedicated GDDR6 memory
- Has 2.9x higher memory bandwidth: 448 vs 153.6 GB/s
- Achieves 2.9x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (126K vs 43K)
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 2 technology
- Has 2.6x more shading units (5888 vs 2304)
Reasons to consider the Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
- Manufactured using a more efficient 3 nm process technology
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 147 99 86 61 |
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| The Witcher 3 | 168 143 100 54 |
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 244 194 137 77 |
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| Far Cry 6 | 132 121 96 54 |
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| Hogwarts Legacy | 97 80 62 35 |
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| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 121 113 85 52 |
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| Ghost of Tsushima | 89 74 56 31 |
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 106 94 59 28 |
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| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 165 153 113 60 |
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| 1080p High | 141 | - |
| 1080p Ultra | 119 | - |
| 1440p Ultra | 88 | - |
| 4K Ultra | 50 | - |
| Margin of Error | Low | Medium |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 13644 | - |
| Solar Bay | 64452 | 22637 |
| Port Royal | 8312 | - |
| Fire Strike | 34056 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | 28488 | 14021 |
| Night Raid | 122159 | - |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 161.6 img/sec | 82.1 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 117.2 img/sec | 53.6 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 5.89 Gpixels/sec | 1.82 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 8.05 Gpixels/sec | 2.59 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 6.65 Gpixels/sec | 1.84 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.25 Gpixels/sec | 0.48 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 550.6 Gpixels/sec | 148.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 17613.1 FPS | 4893.9 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1005 | - |
| DirectX 11 | 183 FPS | - |
| DirectX 12 | 84 FPS | - |
| GPU Compute | 11007 Ops/s | - |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 3070
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-11-15 (mit) | Cinebench 2024 | 9652 |
Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
No benchmark results yet
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 7624 | 5578 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 23420 | 9924 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 17898 | 13323 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 40535 | 19900 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 83624 | 35730 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2724 | 2904 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 4481 | 4985 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 10304 | 5496 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 30418 | 23344 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 180089 | 78342 |
| Framework | ONNX | Core ML |
| Backend | DirectML | GPU |
Results were compared using different ML frameworks
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 3070 and Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Apple |
| Build | Discrete | Integrated |
| Released | October 22, 2020 | October 31, 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | - |
| Case | Desktop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Professional |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Ampere | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | GA104 | Custom |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 7800 XT | - GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5070 | - Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i7 12700K or above | - Apple M3 Pro or above |
| Used in CPUs | - | - Apple M3 Pro |
Desktop GPU rating (#44th place)
Laptop GPU ranking (#61st place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1500 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1725 MHz | 1380 MHz |
| Shading Units | 5888 | 2304 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 184 | 144 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 96 | 72 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 46 | 288 |
| Tensor Cores | 184 | - |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 46 | - |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | - |
| L2 Cache | 4MB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 166 GPixel/s | 99 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 317 GTexel/s | 199 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | Custom |
| TGP | 220 W | 30 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 8 nm | 3 nm |
| Die Size | 392 mm² | - |
| Transistor Count | 17 billion | 25.2 billion |
| Transistor Density | 43.37 MTr/mm² | - |
| Max. Temperature | - | 100°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | System Shared |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | - |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 6400 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 14000 Mbps | 12800 Mbps |
| Bus | 256-bit | 192-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | - |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | - |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | - |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | - |
| CUDA | 8.6 | - |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 2 | No |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | - |
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