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 | 52 | 167 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 15 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 52.75 |
| 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when 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) | no data | 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 | no data | 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 | no data | 16000 GB/s |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 192.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | no data | - |
| 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 | - | + |
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 | 107
+15.1%
| 93
−15.1%
|
| 1440p | 60
+22.4%
| 49
−22.4%
|
| 4K | 38
+31%
| 29
−31%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Counter-Strike 2 | 190−200
+0%
|
190−200
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 103
+0%
|
103
+0%
|
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 81
+0%
|
81
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Battlefield 5 | 120−130
+0%
|
120−130
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 166
+0%
|
166
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 82
+0%
|
82
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 124
+0%
|
124
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 150−160
+0%
|
150−160
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 115
+0%
|
115
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
| Valorant | 210−220
+0%
|
210−220
+0%
|
Full HD
High
| Battlefield 5 | 120−130
+0%
|
120−130
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 112
+0%
|
112
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 270−280
+0%
|
270−280
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 69
+0%
|
69
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 169
+0%
|
169
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 114
+0%
|
114
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 150−160
+0%
|
150−160
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 108
+0%
|
108
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 125
+0%
|
125
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 85
+0%
|
85
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 156
+0%
|
156
+0%
|
| Valorant | 210−220
+0%
|
210−220
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 120−130
+0%
|
120−130
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 65
+0%
|
65
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 162
+0%
|
162
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 107
+0%
|
107
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 80
+0%
|
80
+0%
|
| Valorant | 138
+0%
|
138
+0%
|
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 150−160
+0%
|
150−160
+0%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 79
+0%
|
79
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 240−250
+0%
|
240−250
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 58
+0%
|
58
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 50
+0%
|
50
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
| Valorant | 240−250
+0%
|
240−250
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 90−95
+0%
|
90−95
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 37
+0%
|
37
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 69
+0%
|
69
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 95−100
+0%
|
95−100
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 58
+0%
|
58
+0%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 90−95
+0%
|
90−95
+0%
|
4K
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 24
+0%
|
24
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 60
+0%
|
60
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 45
+0%
|
45
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 45
+0%
|
45
+0%
|
| Valorant | 210−220
+0%
|
210−220
+0%
|
4K
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 55−60
+0%
|
55−60
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 18
+0%
|
18
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 115
+0%
|
115
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 43
+0%
|
43
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 60−65
+0%
|
60−65
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
This is how Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU and RTX 4050 Mobile compete in popular games:
- Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is 15% faster in 1080p
- Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is 22% faster in 1440p
- Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is 31% faster in 4K
All in all, in popular games:
- there's a draw in 60 tests (100%)
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