Apple M5 Max 32-Core GPU vs GeForce RTX 4060

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	85	104
Place by popularity	1	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	93.69	no data
Power efficiency	31.27	no data
Architecture	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)	no data
GPU code name	AD107	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	18 May 2023 (2 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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

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 cores	3072	32
Core clock speed	1830 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2460 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	18,900 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	236.2	no data
Floating-point processing power	15.11 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	48	no data
TMUs	96	no data
Tensor Cores	96	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	24	no data
L1 Cache	3 MB	no data
L2 Cache	24 MB	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).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	no data
Length	240 mm	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	LPDDR5x-8533
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	2125 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	272.0 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	no 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 Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	no data
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	no data
Shader Model	6.8	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	3.0	no data
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 HD	127	no data
1440p	60	no data
4K	37	no data

Cost per frame, $

1080p	2.35	no data
1440p	4.98	no data
4K	8.08	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Pros & cons summary

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