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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop vs Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
VS
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Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop, vs Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
vs
M4 Max GPU (40-core)

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
189
134
125
96
0
0
0
0
The Witcher 3
206
183
130
71
157
107
78
61
Counter-Strike 2
288
210
158
83
0
0
0
0
Far Cry 6
158
146
128
79
0
0
0
0
Hogwarts Legacy
134
109
86
50
0
0
0
0
COD Modern Warfare 3
176
167
128
85
0
0
0
0
Ghost of Tsushima
121
101
85
51
0
0
0
0
Cyberpunk 2077
153
137
95
45
0
0
0
0
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
252
236
180
98
0
0
0
0
Avg FPS
1080p High186-
1080p Ultra158-
1440p Ultra124-
4K Ultra73-
DeviationMediumLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
22374
Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
13577
Time Spy21794n/a
Solar Bay9288831561
Port Royal14027n/a
Fire Strike46885n/a
Night Raid175963n/a
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
190326
Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
116754
Background Blur194.4 frames/s195 frames/s
Face Detection165.6 frames/s125.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection8.61 Gpix/sec4.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection12.2 Gpix/sec7.47 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.5 Gpix/sec5.8 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.7 Gpix/sec1.06 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1060 Gpix/sec417.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27590.4 fps17079.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop], [Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
28502
Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
n/a
G2D Mark1139n/a
DirectX 11254 fpsn/a
DirectX 12116 fpsn/a
GPU Compute12703 Ops/sn/a
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 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
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
25636
Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
42495
Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
19809
Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
n/a
Image Classification (SP)10192n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)23343n/a
Horizon Detection31132n/a
Face Detection (HP)46322n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)134037n/a
Text Classification (SP)3319n/a
Machine Translation (HP)4696n/a
Object Detection (SP)13038n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)52089n/a
Style Transfer (SP)248270n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
6817.09
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 High-end Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Apple M GPU
Codename GB203-400 Custom

GPU

GPU Frequency 975 MHz 500 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1500-2410 MHz 1800 MHz
Shader Units 7680 5120
TMUs 240 320
ROPs 96 160
Execution Units 60 640
Ray Tracing Cores 60 n/a
Tensor Cores 240 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 64 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 144-231 Gpix/sec 288 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 360-578 GTex/s 576 GTex/s
FLOPS 23-37 TFLOPS 18.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 Custom
TGP 80-175 W 62 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 378 mm² n/a
Transistor count 45.6 billion n/a
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR7 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 8533 MHz
Bus 256 bit 512 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 16 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
896 GB/s
Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
546 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 n/a
Vulkan 1.4 n/a
OpenGL 4.6 n/a
CUDA 10.1 n/a
DisplayPort 2.1b n/a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

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