Apple M4 GPU (8-core) vs Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 GPU (8-core), vs Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 GPU (8-core) and Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
235
169
153
126
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
248
215
152
80
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
313
227
173
84
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
175
164
145
92
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
161
133
108
60
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
215
208
167
115
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
147
126
109
68
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
200
179
120
57
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
283
266
200
108
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a220
1080p Ultran/a187
1440p Ultran/a147
4K Ultran/a88
Deviationn/aHigh

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
3341
Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
32929
Time Spyn/a25950
Solar Bayn/a140262
Port Royaln/a19521
Fire Striken/a53578
Night Raidn/a187162
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
31734
Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
389848
Background Blurn/a618.3 frames/s
Face Detectionn/a399.9 frames/s
Horizon Detectionn/a15.1 Gpix/sec
Edge Detectionn/a22.1 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blurn/a26.3 Gpix/sec
Feature Matchingn/a2.33 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matchingn/a2210 Gpix/sec
Particle Physicsn/a53494.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
n/a
Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
28651
G2D Markn/a971
DirectX 11n/a278 fps
DirectX 12n/a102 fps
GPU Computen/a23249 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
n/a
Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
326.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a770.7 fps
Car Chasen/a1010.6 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a1007.2 fps
T-Rexn/a2335.4 fps
ALU 2n/a10509.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a202.9 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a10030.7

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Apple Nvidia
Build Integrated Discrete
Announced October, 29, 2024 December, 3, 2022
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Professional Professional
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Apple M GPU Ada Lovelace
Codename Custom AD102
Price n/a 6800

GPU

GPU Frequency 500 MHz 915 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1800 MHz 2505 MHz
Shader Units 1024 18176
TMUs 64 568
ROPs 32 192
Execution Units 128 142
Ray Tracing Cores n/a 142
Tensor Cores n/a 568
L1 cache n/a 128 KB/core
L2 cache n/a 96 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 58 Gpix/sec 481 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 115 GTex/s 1423 GTex/s
FLOPS 3.7 TFLOPS 91.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface Custom PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 15 W 300 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 3 nm 5 nm
Max temperature 100 °C n/a
Transistor Size n/a 609 mm²
Transistor count 28 billion 76 billion
Transistor density n/a 124.79 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface System Shared GDDR6
Memory Frequency 7500 MHz 2500 MHz
Bus 128 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 15000 MB/s 20000 MB/s
Memory Size n/a 48 GB
Max Throughput
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
120 GB/s
Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
960 GB/s

API

DirectX n/a 12
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenGL n/a 4.6
CUDA n/a 8.9
DisplayPort n/a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 3

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada the clear winner in this comparison.

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