GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile vs Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 169 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 16 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 52.82 |
| Architecture | no data | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | no data | AD107 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 3 March 2026 (less than a year ago) | 3 January 2023 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 40 | 2560 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 1455 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1755 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 18,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | no data | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 140.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 8.986 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 48 |
| TMUs | no data | 80 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 80 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 20 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 2.5 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 12 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | large | large |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | LPDDR5x-8533 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 96 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 8533 MHz | 16000 GB/s |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 192.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | no data | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | no data | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 March 2026 | 3 January 2023 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 50 Watt |
Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU has an age advantage of 3 years.
RTX 4050 Mobile, on the other hand, has 50% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between M5 Max 40-Core GPU and GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
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