Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) vs Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB), vs Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) and Apple M4 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
161
104
94
72
0
0
0
0
The Witcher 3
177
152
109
59
157
107
78
61
Counter-Strike 2
266
199
143
82
0
0
0
0
Far Cry 6
137
127
108
67
0
0
0
0
Hogwarts Legacy
109
91
69
39
0
0
0
0
COD Modern Warfare 3
139
130
96
63
0
0
0
0
Ghost of Tsushima
96
82
63
37
0
0
0
0
Cyberpunk 2077
121
106
68
30
0
0
0
0
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
186
176
130
70
0
0
0
0
Avg FPS
1080p High155-
1080p Ultra130-
1440p Ultra98-
4K Ultra58-
DeviationHighLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
16164
Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
13577
Time Spy15883n/a
Solar Bay7567931561
Port Royal10187n/a
Fire Strike42670n/a
Night Raid147785n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
134677
Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
116754
Background Blurn/a195 frames/s
Face Detectionn/a125.9 frames/s
Horizon Detectionn/a4.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detectionn/a7.47 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blurn/a5.8 Gpix/sec
Feature Matchingn/a1.06 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matchingn/a417.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physicsn/a17079.9 fps
APIn/aOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
22479
Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
n/a
G2D Mark1200n/a
DirectX 11217 fpsn/a
DirectX 1286 fpsn/a
GPU Compute12135 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
n/a
Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
247.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1316.3 fps
Car Chasen/a950.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a911 fps
T-Rexn/a3917.4 fps
ALU 2n/a1756 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a654.4 fps
APIn/aMetal
OSn/aOS X

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
4313.42
Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Apple
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced April, 15, 2025 October, 30, 2024
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Professional
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Apple M GPU
Codename GB206-300 Custom

GPU

GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 500 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2572 MHz 1800 MHz
Shader Units 4608 5120
TMUs 144 320
ROPs 48 160
Execution Units 36 640
Ray Tracing Cores 36 n/a
Tensor Cores 144 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 123 Gpix/sec 288 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 370 GTex/s 576 GTex/s
FLOPS 23.7 TFLOPS 18.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 Custom
TGP 180 W 62 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 263 mm² n/a
Transistor count 31.1 billion n/a
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR7 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 8533 MHz
Bus 128 bit 512 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 8 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
448 GB/s
Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
546 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 n/a
Vulkan 1.4 n/a
OpenGL 4.6 n/a
CUDA 12.0 n/a
DisplayPort 2.1b n/a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

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Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
3 (42.86%)
4 (57.14%)
Total Votes: 7

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