GeForce RTX 4090 vs Apple M1 8-Core GPU

Place in the ranking	378	1
Place by popularity	not in top-100	6
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	18.83
Power efficiency	no data	15.33
Architecture	no data	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	no data	AD102
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	10 November 2020 (4 years ago)	20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	8	16384
Core clock speed	1278 MHz	2235 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2520 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	450 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	1,290
Floating-point processing power	no data	82.58 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	176
TMUs	no data	512
Tensor Cores	no data	512
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	128

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).

Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	304 mm
Width	no data	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-pin

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	no data	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	no data	24 GB
Memory bus width	no data	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	1.01 TB/s
Shared memory	+	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	no data	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Apple M1 8-Core GPU 13.71

RTX 4090 100.00
+629%

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Apple M1 8-Core GPU 280200

RTX 4090 771257
+175%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	27 −856%	258 +856%
1440p	27−30 −630%	197 +630%
4K	18−20 −694%	143 +694%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	6.20
1440p	no data	8.12
4K	no data	11.18

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	24−27 −783%	212 +783%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 −733%	225 +733%
Elden Ring	40−45 −507%	249 +507%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 −160%	110−120 +160%
Counter-Strike 2	24−27 −796%	215 +796%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 −311%	111 +311%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 −909%	555 +909%
Metro Exodus	35−40 −381%	178 +381%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 −359%	150−160 +359%
Valorant	50−55 −1430%	826 +1430%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 −160%	110−120 +160%
Counter-Strike 2	24−27 −729%	199 +729%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 −296%	107 +296%
Dota 2	45−50 −308%	200 +308%
Elden Ring	40−45 −1041%	468 +1041%
Far Cry 5	50−55 −187%	149 +187%
Fortnite	75−80 −300%	300−350 +300%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 −896%	548 +896%
Grand Theft Auto V	45−50 −255%	174 +255%
Metro Exodus	35−40 −395%	183 +395%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	100−105 −115%	210−220 +115%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 −359%	150−160 +359%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 −314%	170−180 +314%
Valorant	50−55 −1337%	750−800 +1337%
World of Tanks	180−190 −53.3%	270−280 +53.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 −160%	110−120 +160%
Counter-Strike 2	24−27 −671%	185 +671%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 −289%	105 +289%
Dota 2	45−50 −357%	224 +357%
Far Cry 5	50−55 −312%	210−220 +312%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 −889%	544 +889%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	100−105 −115%	210−220 +115%
Valorant	50−55 −1159%	680 +1159%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	18−20 −753%	162 +753%
Elden Ring	21−24 −1533%	343 +1533%
Grand Theft Auto V	20−22 −705%	161 +705%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	100−110 −60.6%	170−180 +60.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −675%	90−95 +675%
World of Tanks	95−100 −432%	500−550 +432%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −222%	85−90 +222%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 −1167%	152 +1167%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 −670%	77 +670%
Far Cry 5	30−35 −400%	160−170 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −1436%	507 +1436%
Metro Exodus	27−30 −424%	152 +424%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −1441%	262 +1441%
Valorant	30−35 −1582%	572 +1582%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −1744%	166 +1744%
Dota 2	24−27 −679%	187 +679%
Elden Ring	9−10 −2100%	198 +2100%
Grand Theft Auto V	24−27 −679%	187 +679%
Metro Exodus	9−10 −1422%	137 +1422%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	40−45 −423%	200−210 +423%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −611%	60−65 +611%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −679%	187 +679%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 −600%	90−95 +600%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −1567%	150−160 +1567%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −900%	40 +900%
Dota 2	24−27 −846%	227 +846%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −518%	100−110 +518%
Fortnite	14−16 −540%	95−100 +540%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −1395%	284 +1395%
Valorant	14−16 −2327%	364 +2327%