Radeon RX 9070 vs Apple M4 40-core GPU
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 32 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 65.92 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 21.22 |
| Architecture | no data | RDNA 4.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | no data | Navi 48 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 30 October 2024 (less than a year ago) | 6 March 2025 (recently) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $549 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
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 | 40 | 3584 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 1330 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2520 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 53,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 3 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 220 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 564.5 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 36.13 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 128 |
| TMUs | no data | 224 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 112 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 56 |
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 | no data |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 2x 8-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 | LPDDR5x-8533 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 8533 MHz | 2518 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 644.6 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK 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 | 2.2 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 30 October 2024 | 6 March 2025 |
| Chip lithography | 3 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 220 Watt |
Apple M4 40-core GPU has a 66.7% more advanced lithography process, and 388.9% lower power consumption.
RX 9070, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 months.
We couldn't decide between M4 40-core GPU and Radeon RX 9070. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Apple M4 40-core GPU is a notebook card while Radeon RX 9070 is a desktop one.
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