Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB vs Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB, vs Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB and Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
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
146
94
84
60
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
172
142
100
54
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
239
194
133
77
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
129
118
95
56
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
95
81
62
31
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
122
110
82
53
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
88
73
55
33
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
104
93
56
29
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
157
149
110
60
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High139n/a
1080p Ultra117n/a
1440p Ultra86n/a
4K Ultra50n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
13577
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
17913
Time Spy13469n/a
Solar Bay6216079412
Port Royal8112n/a
Fire Strike34295n/a
Night Raid137720n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
135837
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
146407
Background Blur232.6 frames/s257 frames/s
Face Detection138.4 frames/s182.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.68 Gpix/sec5.4 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.06 Gpix/sec8.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.99 Gpix/sec8.86 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.6 Gpix/sec1.28 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching652.6 Gpix/sec455.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics19534.7 fps21658 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
22761
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
n/a
G2D Mark1067n/a
DirectX 11201 fpsn/a
DirectX 1290 fpsn/a
GPU Compute12216 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
119.7 fps
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)725.1 fpsn/a
Car Chase609.6 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)484.8 fpsn/a
T-Rex2723.3 fpsn/a
ALU 23299.3 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2272.9 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation3381.9n/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
n/a
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
29452
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
n/a
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
46343
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
n/a
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
43305
Image Classification (SP)n/a10711
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a42406
Horizon Detectionn/a42905
Face Detection (HP)n/a73489
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a289766
Text Classification (SP)n/a6087
Machine Translation (HP)n/a8881
Object Detection (SP)n/a10130
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a84224
Style Transfer (SP)n/a264552
Frameworkn/aCore ML
Backendn/aGPU

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Apple
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced July, 18, 2023 March, 3, 2026
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Professional
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Apple M GPU
Codename AD106 Custom
Price 499 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 2310 MHz n/a
Boost GPU Frequency 2535 MHz 1620 MHz
Shader Units 4352 5120
TMUs 136 320
ROPs 48 160
Execution Units 34 640
Ray Tracing Cores 34 n/a
Tensor Cores 136 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 32000 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 122 Gpix/sec 259 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 345 GTex/s 518 GTex/s
FLOPS 22.1 TFLOPS 16.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 Custom
TGP 165 W n/a
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 188 mm² n/a
Transistor count 22 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 117.02 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6 System Shared
Memory Frequency 2250 MHz 9600 MHz
Bus 128 bit 512 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 18000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 16 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
288 GB/s
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
614 GB/s

API

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

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

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Total Votes: 4

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