GeForce GTX 1080 Ti vs Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)

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Review

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
Gaming
31
19
Workstation
36
27
AI/ML
23
24
Energy Efficiency
20
90
Quick Comparison Final Score
32
34
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Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages between GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)

Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

  • + Pascal architecture
  • + GP102 codename
  • + 11GB GDDR5X memory
  • + PCIe 3.0 x16 interface

Reasons to consider the Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)

  • + Apple M GPU architecture
  • + Custom codename
  • + System Shared memory
  • + Custom interface

Pros & Cons

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
  • Dedicated AI tensor cores
  • Low energy efficiency
  • High power consumption (250W TGP)
  • Limited gaming performance at higher resolutions
  • No hardware ray tracing
  • No DLSS upscaling support

"A entry-level Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti graphics card with modest workstation performance (36/100), higher power consumption. Suited for casual gaming and basic graphics tasks."

Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
  • Great energy efficiency
  • Hardware ray tracing support
  • No discrete card needed — integrated solution
  • Limited gaming performance at higher resolutions

"A budget Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) integrated graphics with limited performance overall, excellent energy efficiency. Suited for casual gaming and basic graphics tasks."

Gaming Performance

Forza Horizon 5

1080p High
75
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)

The Witcher 3

1080p High
111
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)

Counter-Strike 2

1080p High
144
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)

Far Cry 6

1080p High
89
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)

Hogwarts Legacy

1080p High
62
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)

Call of Duty

1080p High
80
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)

Ghost of Tsushima

1080p High
57
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)

Cyberpunk 2077

1080p High
69
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)

Tomb Raider

1080p High
108
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
FPS Table
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
1080p High1080p Ultra1440p Ultra4K Ultra 1080p High1080p Ultra1440p Ultra4K Ultra
Forza Horizon 5 75 — — — — — — —
The Witcher 3 111 — — — — — — —
Counter-Strike 2 144 — — — — — — —
Far Cry 6 89 — — — — — — —
Hogwarts Legacy 62 — — — — — — —
Call of Duty 80 — — — — — — —
Ghost of Tsushima 57 — — — — — — —
Cyberpunk 2077 69 — — — — — — —
Tomb Raider 108 — — — — — — —
Average FPS 88——— ————
Average FPS by Resolution
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
1080p High 108 —
1080p Ultra 88 —
1440p Ultra 65 —
4K Ultra 36 —
Margin of Error Low —

Benchmarks

3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti +58%
9652
Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
6092
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
Time Spy 9982 —
Solar Bay 26207 22577
Port Royal 2263 —
Fire Strike 29329 —
Wild Life Extreme 20168 14001
Night Raid 95786 —
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
18589
Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
—
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core)
G2D Mark 940 —
DirectX 11 151 FPS —
DirectX 12 66 FPS —
GPU Compute 9593 Ops/s —
Blender
Blender GPU
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
860.72
Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) +95%
1678.22

Specifications

GeekBench 6 OpenCL
Specification GeForce GTX 1080 Ti ↗ Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) ↗
GB6 Compute Score 74966 43099
Background Blur 200.9 img/sec 82.1 img/sec
Face Detection 88.6 img/sec 53.6 img/sec
Horizon Detection 3.55 Gpixels/sec 1.82 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 5.57 Gpixels/sec 2.59 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 5.79 Gpixels/sec 1.84 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.33 Gpixels/sec 0.48 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 265.6 Gpixels/sec 148.6 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 6315.6 FPS 4893.9 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
GeekBench 6 ML
Specification GeForce GTX 1080 Ti ↗ Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) ↗
GB6 ML Single Precision 12690 11804
GB6 ML Half Precision 12039 13606
GB6 ML Quantized 8644 12673
Image Classification (SP) 3882 5578
Image Segmentation (HP) 7960 9924
Image Super Resolution (Q) 14401 13323
Face Detection (HP) 13001 19900
Pose Estimation (Q) 72329 35730
Text Classification (SP) 1910 2904
Machine Translation (HP) 3577 4985
Object Detection (SP) 4757 5496
Depth Estimation (Q) 20303 23344
Style Transfer (SP) 164740 78342
Framework ONNX Core ML
Backend DirectML GPU
General
Specification GeForce GTX 1080 Ti ↗ Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) ↗
Vendor Nvidia Apple
Build Discrete Integrated
Released 10-Mar-17 31-Oct-23
Case Desktop Laptop
Purpose Gaming Professional
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Pascal Apple M GPU
GPU Codename GP102 Custom
Recommended CPU -Intel Core i7 7700Kor above #NAME?
Graphics Processing Unit
Specification GeForce GTX 1080 Ti ↗ Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) ↗
Base Clock 1481 MHz 500 MHz
Boost Clock 1582 MHz 1380 MHz
Shading Units 3584 2304
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 224 144
Render Output Units (ROPs) 88 72
Compute Units (Pipelines) 28 288
Tensor Cores No
Ray-tracing Cores No
L1 Cache 48KB per cluster
L2 Cache 2816KB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC
Raw Performance
Specification GeForce GTX 1080 Ti ↗ Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) ↗
Pixel Fill Rate 139 GPixel/s 99 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 354 GTexel/s 199 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32) 11.3 TFLOPS 6.4 TFLOPS
Physical
Specification GeForce GTX 1080 Ti ↗ Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) ↗
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 Custom
TGP 250 W 30 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 16 nm 3 nm
Die Size 471 mm²
Transistor Count 11 billion 25.2 billion
Transistor Density 23.35 MTr/mm²
Max. Temperature
Memory
Specification GeForce GTX 1080 Ti ↗ Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) ↗
Memory Type GDDR5X System Shared
API
Specification GeForce GTX 1080 Ti ↗ Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) ↗
DirectX 12
Vulkan 1.3
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 3
CUDA 6.1
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 1.4a

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