Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core), vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
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
184
128
116
89
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
204
175
127
68
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
283
214
156
83
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
157
142
127
76
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
132
110
87
48
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
171
165
128
83
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
118
99
85
50
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
154
136
92
40
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
242
224
176
93
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a183
1080p Ultran/a155
1440p Ultran/a122
4K Ultran/a70
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)
25937
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
21558
Time Spyn/a20901
Solar Bayn/a97900
Port Royaln/a13112
Fire Striken/a50143
Night Raidn/a164308
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)
218394
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
206598
Background Blurn/a359.5 frames/s
Face Detectionn/a210 frames/s
Horizon Detectionn/a7.61 Gpix/sec
Edge Detectionn/a10.4 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blurn/a11.3 Gpix/sec
Feature Matchingn/a1.97 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matchingn/a969.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physicsn/a29061.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
29967
G2D Markn/a1178
DirectX 11n/a274 fps
DirectX 12n/a108 fps
GPU Computen/a17275 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
219.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1132.4 fps
Car Chasen/a981.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a840.6 fps
T-Rexn/a4325.3 fps
ALU 2n/a6890.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a290.1 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a7090.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Apple Nvidia
Build Integrated Discrete
Announced May, 1, 2025 January, 17, 2024
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Professional Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Apple M GPU Ada Lovelace
Codename Custom AD104
Price n/a 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 500 MHz 1980 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1800 MHz 2475 MHz
Shader Units 10240 7168
TMUs 640 224
ROPs 320 80
Execution Units 1280 56
Ray Tracing Cores n/a 56
Tensor Cores n/a 224
L1 cache n/a 128 KB/core
L2 cache n/a 48000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 576 Gpix/sec 198 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 1152 GTex/s 554 GTex/s
FLOPS 36.9 TFLOPS 35.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface Custom PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 120 W 220 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 3 nm 5 nm
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 8533 MHz 1313 MHz
Bus 1024 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed n/a 21000 MB/s
Memory Size n/a 12 GB
Max Throughput
Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
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 SUPER the clear winner in this comparison.

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