GeForce RTX 4060 vs Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU

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RTX 4060 RTX 4060

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking5285
Place by popularitynot in top-1001
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data93.69
Power efficiencyno data31.27
Architectureno dataAda Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameno dataAD107
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date3 March 2026 (recently)18 May 2023 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores403072
Core clock speedno data1830 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2460 MHz
Number of transistorsno data18,900 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data115 Watt
Texture fill rateno data236.2
Floating-point processing powerno data15.11 TFLOPS
ROPsno data48
TMUsno data96
Tensor Coresno data96
Ray Tracing Coresno data24
L1 Cacheno data3 MB
L2 Cacheno data24 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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data240 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 12-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 typeLPDDR5x-8533GDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data8 GB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2125 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data272.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno 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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXno data12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
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 HD101
−25.7%
127
+25.7%
1440p57
−5.3%
60
+5.3%
4K36
−2.8%
37
+2.8%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data2.35
1440pno data4.98
4Kno data8.08

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 139
+0%
139
+0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 154
+0%
154
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 107
+0%
107
+0%
Far Cry 5 185
+0%
185
+0%
Fortnite 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 238
+0%
238
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 260−270
+0%
260−270
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 90
+0%
90
+0%
Far Cry 5 169
+0%
169
+0%
Fortnite 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 221
+0%
221
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 155
+0%
155
+0%
Metro Exodus 107
+0%
107
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 216
+0%
216
+0%
Valorant 260−270
+0%
260−270
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 80
+0%
80
+0%
Far Cry 5 159
+0%
159
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 111
+0%
111
+0%
Valorant 260−270
+0%
260−270
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 90
+0%
90
+0%
Metro Exodus 63
+0%
63
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 290−300
+0%
290−300
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 48
+0%
48
+0%
Far Cry 5 109
+0%
109
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 80
+0%
80
+0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 89
+0%
89
+0%
Metro Exodus 38
+0%
38
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 66
+0%
66
+0%
Valorant 280−290
+0%
280−290
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 20
+0%
20
+0%
Far Cry 5 54
+0%
54
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%

This is how Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU and RTX 4060 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4060 is 26% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4060 is 5% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4060 is 3% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 57 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Recency 3 March 2026 18 May 2023

Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU has an age advantage of 2 years.

We couldn't decide between M5 Max 40-Core GPU and GeForce RTX 4060. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is a notebook graphics card while GeForce RTX 4060 is a desktop one.

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