GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile vs Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking52105
Place by popularitynot in top-10046
Power efficiencyno data27.86
Architectureno dataAda Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameno dataAD107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 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 cores403072
Core clock speedno data1545 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1890 MHz
Number of transistorsno data18,900 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data115 Watt
Texture fill rateno data181.4
Floating-point processing powerno data11.61 TFLOPS
ROPsno data48
TMUsno data96
Tensor Coresno data96
Ray Tracing Coresno data24
L1 Cacheno data3 MB
L2 Cacheno data32 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 sizeno datalarge
Interfaceno dataPCIe 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 typeLPDDR5x-8533GDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data8 GB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data256.0 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 dataPortable Device Dependent

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 HD107
−4.7%
112
+4.7%
1440p60
−1.7%
61
+1.7%
4K38
+0%
38
+0%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 195
+0%
195
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 123
+0%
123
+0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 124
+0%
124
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 195
+0%
195
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 99
+0%
99
+0%
Far Cry 5 128
+0%
128
+0%
Fortnite 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 137
+0%
137
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Valorant 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 146
+0%
146
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 84
+0%
84
+0%
Dota 2 164
+0%
164
+0%
Far Cry 5 129
+0%
129
+0%
Fortnite 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 125
+0%
125
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 141
+0%
141
+0%
Metro Exodus 25
+0%
25
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 191
+0%
191
+0%
Valorant 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 77
+0%
77
+0%
Dota 2 156
+0%
156
+0%
Far Cry 5 125
+0%
125
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 101
+0%
101
+0%
Valorant 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 98
+0%
98
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 290−300
+0%
290−300
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 85
+0%
85
+0%
Metro Exodus 59
+0%
59
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 49
+0%
49
+0%
Far Cry 5 98
+0%
98
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 76
+0%
76
+0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 39
+0%
39
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 76
+0%
76
+0%
Metro Exodus 37
+0%
37
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55
+0%
55
+0%
Valorant 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 19
+0%
19
+0%
Dota 2 126
+0%
126
+0%
Far Cry 5 40
+0%
40
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%

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

  • RTX 4060 Mobile is 5% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4060 Mobile is 2% faster in 1440p
  • A tie in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 60 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 March 2026 3 January 2023

Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU has an age advantage of 3 years.

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

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