Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop vs Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop, vs Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop 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
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
0
0
0
0
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
157
107
78
61
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
0
0
0
0
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
0
0
0
0
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
0
0
0
0
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
0
0
0
0
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
0
0
0
0
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
0
0
0
0
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
0
0
0
0
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a-
1080p Ultran/a-
1440p Ultran/a-
4K Ultran/a-
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
n/a
Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
13577
Time Spy12854n/a
Solar Bayn/a31561
Port Royal8539n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
134209
Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
116754
Background Blur213.4 frames/s195 frames/s
Face Detection130.4 frames/s125.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.89 Gpix/sec4.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.23 Gpix/sec7.47 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.41 Gpix/sec5.8 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.46 Gpix/sec1.06 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching661.9 Gpix/sec417.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics19395.6 fps17079.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
19438
Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
n/a
G2D Mark991n/a
DirectX 11173 fpsn/a
DirectX 1298 fpsn/a
GPU Compute7598 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
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 5070 Laptop
4088.29
Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Apple
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced January, 7, 2025 October, 30, 2024
Form Factor Laptop 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 890-1410 MHz 500 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1410-2520 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 68-121 Gpix/sec 288 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 203-363 GTex/s 576 GTex/s
FLOPS 13-23.2 TFLOPS 18.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 Custom
TGP 50-125 W 62 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 181 mm² n/a
Transistor count 21.9 billion n/a
Transistor density 120.99 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 5070 Laptop
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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