Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti, vs Apple M4 GPU (10-Core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti and Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
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
89
50
41
26
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
85
64
45
23
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
132
94
65
32
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
72
61
50
23
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
46
35
25
14
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
55
46
33
23
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
44
32
24
12
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
43
43
25
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
79
71
46
25
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High72n/a
1080p Ultra55n/a
1440p Ultra39n/a
4K Ultra21n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
6010
Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
3946
Time Spy5856n/a
Port Royal3250n/a
Fire Strike19506n/a
Night Raid70001n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
49950
Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
37678
Background Blur134.8 frames/s72.2 frames/s
Face Detection59.8 frames/s48.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.37 Gpix/sec1.4 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.79 Gpix/sec1.94 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.46 Gpix/sec1.5 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.22 Gpix/sec0.53 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching191.9 Gpix/sec123.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics4183.6 fps4938.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
13765
Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
n/a
G2D Mark853n/a
DirectX 11106 fpsn/a
DirectX 1255 fpsn/a
GPU Compute6126 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
73.4 fps
Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
63.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)391.3 fps344.5 fps
Car Chase375.2 fps259.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)337.9 fps167.5 fps
T-Rex1867.7 fps914.7 fps
ALU 21803.6 fps432.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2264 fps648.6 fps
APIOpenGLMetal
OSWindowsOS X
Tessellation2238.8n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Apple
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced June, 2, 2015 May, 7, 2024
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Professional
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Apple M GPU
Codename GM200 Custom
Price 649 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1000 MHz 500 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1076 MHz 1800 MHz
Shader Units 2816 1280
TMUs 176 80
ROPs 96 40
Execution Units 22 160
Ray Tracing Cores No n/a
Tensor Cores No n/a
L1 cache 48 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 3000 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 103 Gpix/sec 72 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 189 GTex/s 144 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.1 TFLOPS 4.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 Custom
TGP 250 W 18 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 28 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 601 mm² n/a
Transistor count 8 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 13.31 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR5 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1753 MHz 7500 MHz
Bus 384 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s 15000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
336.6 GB/s
Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
120 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 n/a
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenGL 4.6 n/a
CUDA 5.2 n/a
DisplayPort 1.2 n/a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M4 GPU (10-Core) the clear winner in this comparison.

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