GeForce RTX 4070 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 ranking5284
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data31.29
Architectureno dataAda Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameno dataAD106
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 cores404608
Core clock speedno data1395 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1695 MHz
Number of transistorsno data22,900 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data115 Watt
Texture fill rateno data244.1
Floating-point processing powerno data15.62 TFLOPS
ROPsno data48
TMUsno data144
Tensor Coresno data144
Ray Tracing Coresno data36
L1 Cacheno data4.5 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
−17.8%
126
+17.8%
1440p60
−20%
72
+20%
4K38
−15.8%
44
+15.8%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 135
+0%
135
+0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 160
+0%
160
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 172
+0%
172
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 115
+0%
115
+0%
Far Cry 5 139
+0%
139
+0%
Fortnite 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 216
+0%
216
+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 2 146
+0%
146
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 97
+0%
97
+0%
Dota 2 178
+0%
178
+0%
Far Cry 5 133
+0%
133
+0%
Fortnite 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 195
+0%
195
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 144
+0%
144
+0%
Metro Exodus 111
+0%
111
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 229
+0%
229
+0%
Valorant 260−270
+0%
260−270
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 87
+0%
87
+0%
Dota 2 167
+0%
167
+0%
Far Cry 5 123
+0%
123
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 116
+0%
116
+0%
Valorant 260−270
+0%
260−270
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 94
+0%
94
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 90
+0%
90
+0%
Metro Exodus 69
+0%
69
+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 54
+0%
54
+0%
Far Cry 5 112
+0%
112
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 89
+0%
89
+0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 43
+0%
43
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 90
+0%
90
+0%
Metro Exodus 44
+0%
44
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 71
+0%
71
+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 24
+0%
24
+0%
Dota 2 146
+0%
146
+0%
Far Cry 5 61
+0%
61
+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 4070 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4070 Mobile is 18% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4070 Mobile is 20% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4070 Mobile is 16% faster 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 4070 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

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