Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU vs GeForce RTX 4050

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	123	not rated
Place by popularity	45	not in top-100
Power efficiency	25.69	no data
Architecture	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)	no data
GPU code name	AD107	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	2023 (1 year ago)	31 October 2023 (1 year 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	2560	30
Core clock speed	2505 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	18,900 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	53 Watt
Texture fill rate	211.2	no data
Floating-point processing power	13.52 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	no data
TMUs	80	no data
Tensor Cores	120	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	18	no data

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	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	no data

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	GDDR6	LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	no data
Memory bus width	96 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	216.0 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	no data
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	no data
Shader Model	6.7	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	3.0	no data
Vulkan	1.3	-
CUDA	8.9	-

Pros & cons summary

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Power consumption (TDP)

100 Watt

53 Watt

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