Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core) vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core), vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core) and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
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
170
113
105
79
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
191
160
114
61
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
262
207
148
82
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
148
135
112
71
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
120
96
78
43
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
154
141
110
72
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
104
87
74
40
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
133
115
78
34
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
209
194
148
81
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a166
1080p Ultran/a139
1440p Ultran/a107
4K Ultran/a63
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core)
6712
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
18116
Time Spyn/a17825
Solar Bayn/a82645
Port Royaln/a11149
Fire Striken/a44109
Night Raidn/a152587
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core)
61008
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
167522
Background Blur106 frames/s233 frames/s
Face Detection73.1 frames/s141.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.59 Gpix/sec6.62 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.8 Gpix/sec9.19 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.4 Gpix/sec9.2 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.73 Gpix/sec1.78 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching198.6 Gpix/sec845.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8166.3 fps25043.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
26962
G2D Markn/a1165
DirectX 11n/a245 fps
DirectX 12n/a102 fps
GPU Computen/a14820 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
192 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1039 fps
Car Chasen/a900 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a761.2 fps
T-Rexn/a3848.1 fps
ALU 2n/a5980.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a296.7 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a6200.7

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Apple Nvidia
Build Integrated Discrete
Announced October, 29, 2024 April, 13, 2023
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Professional Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Apple M GPU Ada Lovelace
Codename Custom AD104
Price n/a 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 500 MHz 1920 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1800 MHz 2475 MHz
Shader Units 2048 5888
TMUs 128 184
ROPs 64 64
Execution Units 256 46
Ray Tracing Cores n/a 46
Tensor Cores n/a 184
L1 cache n/a 128 KB/core
L2 cache n/a 36000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 115 Gpix/sec 158 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 230 GTex/s 455 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.4 TFLOPS 29.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface Custom PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 26 W 200 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 3 nm 5 nm
Max temperature 100 °C n/a
Transistor Size n/a 294 mm²
Transistor count n/a 35 billion
Transistor density n/a 119.05 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface System Shared GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 7500 MHz 1313 MHz
Bus 192 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 15000 MB/s 21000 MB/s
Memory Size n/a 12 GB
Max Throughput
Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core)
273 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
504.2 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 GeForce RTX 4070 the clear winner in this comparison.

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