TITAN RTX 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 ranking5295
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data6.29
Power efficiencyno data12.40
Architectureno dataTuring (2018−2022)
GPU code nameno dataTU102
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date3 March 2026 (recently)18 December 2018 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,499

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 cores404608
Core clock speedno data1350 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1770 MHz
Number of transistorsno data18,600 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data280 Watt
Texture fill rateno data509.8
Floating-point processing powerno data16.31 TFLOPS
ROPsno data96
TMUsno data288
Tensor Coresno data576
Ray Tracing Coresno data72
L1 Cacheno data4.5 MB
L2 Cacheno data6 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 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 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 typeLPDDR5x-8533GDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data24 GB
Memory bus widthno data384 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data672.0 GB/s

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, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectXno data12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.2.131
CUDA-7.5
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
−59.4%
161
+59.4%
1440p57
−78.9%
102
+78.9%
4K36
−103%
73
+103%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data15.52
1440pno data24.50
4Kno data34.23

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 353
+0%
353
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 79
+0%
79
+0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 202
+0%
202
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 163
+0%
163
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 342
+0%
342
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 79
+0%
79
+0%
Far Cry 5 165
+0%
165
+0%
Fortnite 169
+0%
169
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 187
+0%
187
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 168
+0%
168
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 202
+0%
202
+0%
Valorant 348
+0%
348
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 164
+0%
164
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 270
+0%
270
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 79
+0%
79
+0%
Dota 2 155
+0%
155
+0%
Far Cry 5 156
+0%
156
+0%
Fortnite 176
+0%
176
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 186
+0%
186
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 153
+0%
153
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 152
+0%
152
+0%
Metro Exodus 134
+0%
134
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 163
+0%
163
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 267
+0%
267
+0%
Valorant 336
+0%
336
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 160
+0%
160
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 78
+0%
78
+0%
Dota 2 148
+0%
148
+0%
Far Cry 5 146
+0%
146
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 175
+0%
175
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 136
+0%
136
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 139
+0%
139
+0%
Valorant 236
+0%
236
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 134
+0%
134
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 157
+0%
157
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 114
+0%
114
+0%
Metro Exodus 85
+0%
85
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 307
+0%
307
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 66
+0%
66
+0%
Far Cry 5 134
+0%
134
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 157
+0%
157
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 45
+0%
45
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 134
+0%
134
+0%
Metro Exodus 55
+0%
55
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 103
+0%
103
+0%
Valorant 300
+0%
300
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 97
+0%
97
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 33
+0%
33
+0%
Dota 2 146
+0%
146
+0%
Far Cry 5 80
+0%
80
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 114
+0%
114
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 96
+0%
96
+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 74
+0%
74
+0%

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

  • TITAN RTX is 59% faster in 1080p
  • TITAN RTX is 79% faster in 1440p
  • TITAN RTX is 103% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 60 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 March 2026 18 December 2018

Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU has an age advantage of 7 years.

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

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

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