NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 vs Apple M2 10-Core GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
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The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 is a fast desktop graphics card based on the Ampere architecture. It uses the big GA104 chip and offers 5,888 cores and 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory.
The performance in games and 4k resolution is slightly below a RTX 2080 Ti but clearly faster then the old RTX 2080 Super. For most games, the performance is sufficient for 4k and maximum details. Enabling raytracing however (without DLSS) will lead to a significant lower performance (although the RTX performance was clearly improved compared to the RTX 2000 series).
The GA104 chip is produced in 8nm at Samsung and the power consumption of the RT 3070 is specified with 220 Watt (RTX 2070 Super - 215 Watt).
Apple M2 10-Core GPU
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The Apple M2 GPU is an integrated graphics card offering 10 cores designed by Apple and integrated in the Apple M2 SoC. It uses the unified memory architecture of the M2 SoC (up to 24 GB LPDDR5-6400 with 100 GB/s bandwidth) and should offer 160 execution units.
According to Apple it offers a 25% higher performance at slightly higher power consumption. The theoretical performance is rated at 3.6 Teraflops and therefore 1 TFLOP higher than the M1 8-core GPU. In our benchmarks, the GPU was able to top the M1 with up to 40%, but still stays behind the 14-core GPU in the M1 Pro. Compared to other iGPUs from AMD and Intel, the M2 benefits greatly from the unified memory architecture and the high bandwidth.
The M2 chip is manufactured in the second generation 5nm process at TSMC (most likely N5P). The power consumption is around 13.5 Watt (in our tests under load of the MBP13) and up to 15W according to Apple.
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Codename | Ampere GA104 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architecture | Ampere | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pipelines | 5888 - unified | 10 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Core Speed | 1500 - 1725 (Boost) MHz | 1398 (Boost) MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Speed | 14000 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Bus Width | 256 Bit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Type | GDDR6 | LPDDR5-6400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Max. Amount of Memory | 8 GB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shared Memory | no | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
API | DirectX 12_2, Shader 6.7, OpenGL 4.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Power Consumption | 220 Watt | 15 Watt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transistors | 17.4 Billion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
technology | 8 nm | 5 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of Announcement | 16.09.2020 | 06.06.2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Predecessor | M1 8-Core GPU |
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Benchmarks
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
specvp12 sw-03 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Apple M2 10-Core GPU
Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 → 100% n=4
Average Benchmarks Apple M2 10-Core GPU → 51% n=4

* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Enshrouded
2024
Palworld
2024
Ready or Not
2023
The Finals
2023
EA Sports WRC
2023
Lords of the Fallen
2023
Total War Pharaoh
2023
Counter-Strike 2
2023
Baldur's Gate 3
2023
Lies of P
2023
The Crew Motorfest
2023
Starfield
2023
Armored Core 6
2023
Atlas Fallen
2023
F1 23
2023
The Last of Us
2023
Company of Heroes 3
2023
Sons of the Forest
2023
Atomic Heart
2023
Returnal
2023
Hogwarts Legacy
2023
Dead Space Remake
2023
The Witcher 3 v4
2023
High On Life
2023
FIFA 23
2022
F1 22
2022
Vampire Bloodhunt
2022
Ghostwire Tokyo
2022
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6
2022
Elex 2
2022
GRID Legends
2022
Elden Ring
2022
Dying Light 2
2022
God of War
2022
Halo Infinite
2021
Farming Simulator 22
2021
Battlefield 2042
2021
Forza Horizon 5
2021
Riders Republic
2021
Back 4 Blood
2021
Far Cry 6
2021
Alan Wake Remastered
2021
FIFA 22
2021
New World
2021
Deathloop
2021
F1 2021
2021
Days Gone
2021
Hitman 3
2021
Cyberpunk 2077 1.0
2020
Yakuza Like a Dragon
2020
Dirt 5
2020
Watch Dogs Legion
2020
FIFA 21
2020
Star Wars Squadrons
2020
Serious Sam 4
2020
Crysis Remastered
2020
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
Death Stranding
2020
F1 2020
2020
Gears Tactics
2020
Doom Eternal
2020
Hunt Showdown
2020
Borderlands 3
2019
Control
2019
Rage 2
2019
Anno 1800
2019
The Division 2
2019
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
Metro Exodus
2019
Apex Legends
2019
Battlefield V
2018
Far Cry 5
2018
X-Plane 11.11
2018
Doom
2016
Dota 2 Reborn
2015
The Witcher 3
2015
GTA V
2015Average Gaming NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 → 100%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming Apple M2 10-Core GPU → 24%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 24%
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low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |||
Enshrouded | 81.6 | 68.1 | 56.7 | 44.9 | 28.2 | |||||||||
Palworld | 173.9 | 138.8 | 124.6 | 91.4 | 51.8 | |||||||||
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown | 359 | 359 | 359 | 359 | 230 | |||||||||
Ready or Not | 294 | 259 | 187 | 115.6 | 53.6 | |||||||||
The Finals | 269 | 228 | 174.1 | 112 | 53.9 | |||||||||
Avatar Frontiers of Pandora | 96 | 83 | 64 | 43 | 23 | |||||||||
EA Sports WRC | 137.4 | 126.8 | 118.3 | 84.5 | 48.6 | |||||||||
Lords of the Fallen | 97.4 | 71.5 | 50.3 | 35 | 18.9 | |||||||||
Total War Pharaoh | 334 | 200 | 159 | 111 | 57.7 | |||||||||
Assassin's Creed Mirage | 142 | 135 | 107 | 85 | 51 | |||||||||
Counter-Strike 2 | 330 | 288 | 225 | 166.9 | 86.2 | |||||||||
Cyberpunk 2077 2.2 Phantom Liberty | 148.5 | 135 | 117 | 105 | 68 | 32 | ||||||||
Baldur's Gate 3 | 174.5 | 149 | 129 | 127 | 88 | 47 | ||||||||
Lies of P | 217 | 185.4 | 167 | 112.7 | 59.2 | |||||||||
The Crew Motorfest | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 46 | |||||||||
Starfield | 87.1 | 66.9 | 59.5 | 47.9 | 31.6 | |||||||||
Armored Core 6 | 119.9 | 119.8 | 119.8 | 98.2 | 58.3 | |||||||||
Atlas Fallen | 190.1 | 171.9 | 145 | 101.9 | 58.3 | |||||||||
Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart | 110.7 | 87.2 | 78.8 | 64.5 | 41.7 | |||||||||
F1 23 | 366 | 261 | 83 | 53 | 25 | |||||||||
The Last of Us | 126.7 | 107.2 | 97.5 | 79.1 | 48.8 | 21.6 | ||||||||
Resident Evil 4 Remake | 197.8 | 138.9 | 129.4 | 95 | 71.4 | |||||||||
Company of Heroes 3 | 234 | 181 | 179 | 135 | 76.9 | |||||||||
Sons of the Forest | 114.7 | 104.4 | 103.3 | 102 | 82.3 | 50.5 | ||||||||
Atomic Heart | 263 | 195.9 | 112.9 | 91.7 | 71.6 | 43.8 | ||||||||
Returnal | 127 | 117 | 102 | 78 | 46 | |||||||||
Hogwarts Legacy | 125.2 | 104.6 | 80.9 | 63.3 | 35 | |||||||||
Dead Space Remake | 95 | 92.5 | 81.2 | 75.8 | 52 | 24.9 | ||||||||
The Witcher 3 v4 | 226 | 188.2 | 151.5 | 109.9 | 61.9 | |||||||||
High On Life | 324 | 219 | 171.5 | 136.2 | 84.8 | 35.9 | ||||||||
The Callisto Protocol | 151 | 101 | 100 | 74 | 43.5 | |||||||||
Need for Speed Unbound | 178.7 | 154.6 | 133 | 101 | 50.3 | |||||||||
Spider-Man Miles Morales | 147.3 | 138.1 | 129.2 | 96.2 | 50.8 | |||||||||
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 2022 | 159 | 121 | 118 | 82 | 49 | |||||||||
Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection | 98.3 | 92.8 | 89.4 | 70 | 40.9 | |||||||||
A Plague Tale Requiem | 87 | 75.3 | 65.5 | 47.4 | 27.2 | |||||||||
FIFA 23 | 208 | 197.4 | 189.9 | 163.6 | 105.9 | |||||||||
F1 22 | 270 | 263 | 246 | 86 | 55 | 27 | ||||||||
Vampire Bloodhunt | 299 | 279 | 266 | 181.3 | 95.9 | |||||||||
Ghostwire Tokyo | 200 | 198 | 195.1 | 130.4 | 63.9 | |||||||||
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands | 258 | 214 | 152 | 119 | 84 | 47 | ||||||||
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 | 146.7 | 139 | 126 | 102 | 62 | 30 | ||||||||
Elex 2 | 97 | 87.2 | 82.8 | 74.9 | 44.9 | |||||||||
GRID Legends | 249 | 189 | 166 | 137 | 124 | 82 | ||||||||
Elden Ring | 59.3 | 58.8 | 58.6 | 58.5 | 57.1 | |||||||||
Dying Light 2 | 108 | 97.8 | 70.1 | 38.2 | ||||||||||
Rainbow Six Extraction | 266 | 259 | 199 | 132 | 68 | |||||||||
God of War | 142 | 138 | 117 | 84 | 69 | 49 | ||||||||
Halo Infinite | 149 | 129 | 121 | 92.3 | 52.9 | |||||||||
Farming Simulator 22 | 178 | 153 | 137 | 135 | 106 | |||||||||
Battlefield 2042 | 132 | 126 | 116 | 96.8 | 60.2 | |||||||||
Forza Horizon 5 | 247 | 159 | 148 | 106 | 93 | 68 | ||||||||
Call of Duty Vanguard | 157 | 144 | 131 | 98.1 | 56.8 | |||||||||
Riders Republic | 139 | 124 | 118 | 92 | 54 | |||||||||
Guardians of the Galaxy | 111 | 100 | 109 | 107 | 69 | |||||||||
Back 4 Blood | 295 | 260 | 248 | 179 | 96.4 | |||||||||
Far Cry 6 | 154.9 | 120 | 109 | 103 | 91 | 42 | ||||||||
Alan Wake Remastered | 104 | 101 | 98.1 | 84.3 | ||||||||||
FIFA 22 | 265 | 264 | 264 | 261 | 259 | |||||||||
New World | 166.9 | 109 | 101 | 93 | 81 | 51 | ||||||||
Deathloop | 119 | 119 | 109 | 82.9 | 49.7 | |||||||||
F1 2021 | 407 | 310 | 277 | 153 | 116 | 66 | ||||||||
Monster Hunter Stories 2 | 144 | 144 | 144 | 144 | ||||||||||
Days Gone | 165 | 158 | 131 | 99.3 | 57.8 | |||||||||
Mass Effect Legendary Edition | 129 | 123 | 123 | 105 | ||||||||||
Resident Evil Village | 185 | 183 | 183 | 142 | 70.8 | |||||||||
Hitman 3 | 171 | 167 | 165 | 140 | 77.5 | |||||||||
Cyberpunk 2077 1.0 | 129 | 108 | 93 | 81 | 54 | 27 | ||||||||
Immortals Fenyx Rising | 132 | 101 | 90 | 85 | 72 | 52 | ||||||||
Yakuza Like a Dragon | 109 | 109 | 116 | 111 | 96 | 51.7 | ||||||||
Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War | 195 | 155 | 124 | 113 | 93 | 56 | ||||||||
Assassin´s Creed Valhalla | 129 | 101 | 86 | 78 | 66 | 44 | ||||||||
Dirt 5 | 199 | 144 | 122 | 99 | 83 | 58 | ||||||||
Watch Dogs Legion | 119 | 117 | 106 | 85 | 66 | 38 | ||||||||
FIFA 21 | 177 | 174 | 178 | 172 | 175 | 177 | ||||||||
Star Wars Squadrons | 410 | 330 | 313 | 290 | 218 | 132 | ||||||||
Mafia Definitive Edition | 168 | 134 | 128 | 98 | 56 | |||||||||
Serious Sam 4 | 155 | 126 | 121 | 102 | 92 | 67 | ||||||||
Crysis Remastered | 221 | 182 | 97.7 | 75.8 | 64.3 | 38.9 | ||||||||
Flight Simulator 2020 | 115 | 97.4 | 79.9 | 62.8 | 55.6 | 37.3 | ||||||||
Horizon Zero Dawn | 181 | 153 | 135 | 125 | 107 | 69 | ||||||||
Death Stranding | 224 | 190 | 173 | 170 | 126 | 74.1 | ||||||||
F1 2020 | 333 | 286 | 263 | 192 | 150 | 90 | ||||||||
Gears Tactics | 342.6 | 204.9 | 150.8 | 136.2 | 98.2 | 53.5 | ||||||||
Doom Eternal | 346 | 283 | 270 | 262 | 220 | 123 | ||||||||
Hunt Showdown | 195 | 172 | 159 | 133 | 72 | |||||||||
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 167 | 155 | 117 | 77 | 64 | 43 | ||||||||
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order | 118 | 117 | 116 | 114 | 69 | |||||||||
Borderlands 3 | 153 | 136 | 115 | 101 | 78 | 44 | 64 | 35 | 25 | 16 | ||||
Control | 239 | 155 | 121 | 81 | 41 | |||||||||
Total War: Three Kingdoms | 371.5 | 206.4 | 136 | 103.5 | 67.5 | 33.1 | 113 | 44 | 27 | 19 | ||||
Rage 2 | 264 | 192 | 168 | 163 | 110 | 56.7 | ||||||||
Anno 1800 | 151 | 141 | 105 | 58 | 55 | 37 | ||||||||
The Division 2 | 220 | 173 | 142 | 112 | 82 | 49 | ||||||||
Far Cry New Dawn | 143 | 124 | 121 | 107 | 102 | 72 | ||||||||
Metro Exodus | 187 | 146 | 117 | 94 | 76 | 49 | ||||||||
Apex Legends | 144 | 144 | 144 | 144 | 144 | 107 | ||||||||
Battlefield V | 183 | 149 | 132 | 119 | 103 | 70 | ||||||||
Assassin´s Creed Odyssey | 149 | 125 | 107 | 81 | 68 | 48 | ||||||||
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 179 | 163 | 159 | 151 | 113 | 62 | 79 | 35 | 31 | 27 | 20 | |||
Strange Brigade | 441 | 318 | 262 | 229 | 170 | 99 | ||||||||
Far Cry 5 | 168 | 149 | 142 | 134 | 121 | 71 | ||||||||
X-Plane 11.11 | 123 | 108 | 89 | 84 | ||||||||||
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 194 | 162 | 123 | 96 | 58 | |||||||||
Doom | 153 | 148 | 137 | 135 | ||||||||||
Rise of the Tomb Raider | 313 | 226 | 179 | 158 | 80 | |||||||||
Dota 2 Reborn | 154 | 137 | 133 | 124 | 129 | |||||||||
The Witcher 3 | 376 | 308 | 201 | 106 | 89 | 34 | 28 | |||||||
GTA V | 183 | 176 | 168 | 106 | 100 | 119 | ||||||||
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low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 5 54 | 1 26 81 | 1 39 68 | 5 52 44 | 13 67 24 | 9 57 34 7 | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 3 | 3 | 2 2 | 4 | 1 | |
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