Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 vs Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070, vs Apple M4 GPU (10-Core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 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
170
113
105
79
n/a
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The Witcher 3
191
160
114
61
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
262
207
148
82
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
148
135
112
71
n/a
n/a
n/a
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Hogwarts Legacy
120
96
78
43
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
154
141
110
72
n/a
n/a
n/a
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Ghost of Tsushima
104
87
74
40
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
133
115
78
34
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
209
194
148
81
n/a
n/a
n/a
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Avg FPS
1080p High166n/a
1080p Ultra139n/a
1440p Ultra107n/a
4K Ultra63n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
18116
Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
3946
Time Spy17825n/a
Solar Bay82645n/a
Port Royal11149n/a
Fire Strike44109n/a
Night Raid152587n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
167522
Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
37678
Background Blur233 frames/s72.2 frames/s
Face Detection141.7 frames/s48.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.62 Gpix/sec1.4 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.19 Gpix/sec1.94 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.2 Gpix/sec1.5 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.78 Gpix/sec0.53 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching845.4 Gpix/sec123.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics25043.9 fps4938.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
26962
Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
n/a
G2D Mark1165n/a
DirectX 11245 fpsn/a
DirectX 12102 fpsn/a
GPU Compute14820 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
192 fps
Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
63.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1039 fps344.5 fps
Car Chase900 fps259.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)761.2 fps167.5 fps
T-Rex3848.1 fps914.7 fps
ALU 25980.8 fps432.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2296.7 fps648.6 fps
APIOpenGLMetal
OSWindowsOS X
Tessellation6200.7n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Apple
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced April, 13, 2023 May, 7, 2024
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Professional
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Apple M GPU
Codename AD104 Custom
Price 599 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1920 MHz 500 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2475 MHz 1800 MHz
Shader Units 5888 1280
TMUs 184 80
ROPs 64 40
Execution Units 46 160
Ray Tracing Cores 46 n/a
Tensor Cores 184 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 36000 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 158 Gpix/sec 72 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 455 GTex/s 144 GTex/s
FLOPS 29.1 TFLOPS 4.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 Custom
TGP 200 W 18 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 294 mm² n/a
Transistor count 35 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 119.05 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6X System Shared
Memory Frequency 1313 MHz 7500 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 21000 MB/s 15000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
504.2 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 8.9 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a n/a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 the clear winner in this comparison.

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