Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU vs GeForce RTX 4070

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking3252
Place by popularity67not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation63.10no data
Power efficiency24.78no data
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)no data
GPU code nameAD104no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date12 April 2023 (2 years ago)3 March 2026 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 no data

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 cores588840
Core clock speed1920 MHzno data
Boost clock speed2475 MHzno data
Number of transistors35,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology5 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)200 Wattno data
Texture fill rate455.4no data
Floating-point processing power29.15 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs184no data
Tensor Cores184no data
Ray Tracing Cores46no data
L1 Cache5.8 MBno data
L2 Cache36 MBno 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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16no data
Length240 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 16-pinno 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 typeGDDR6XLPDDR5x-8533
Maximum RAM amount12 GBno data
Memory bus width192 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1313 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth504.2 GB/sno 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4ano data
HDMI+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.7no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA8.9-
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 HD198
+96%
101
−96%
1440p104
+82.5%
57
−82.5%
4K63
+75%
36
−75%

Cost per frame, $

1080p3.03no data
1440p5.76no data
4K9.51no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 300−350 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 216 no data
Resident Evil 4 Remake 240 no data

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 170−180 no data
Counter-Strike 2 300−350 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 174 no data
Far Cry 5 249 no data
Fortnite 300−350 no data
Forza Horizon 4 250−260 no data
Forza Horizon 5 190−200 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180 no data
Valorant 350−400 no data

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 170−180 no data
Counter-Strike 2 300−350 no data
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 143 no data
Far Cry 5 234 no data
Fortnite 300−350 no data
Forza Horizon 4 250−260 no data
Forza Horizon 5 190−200 no data
Grand Theft Auto V 174 no data
Metro Exodus 170 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 351 no data
Valorant 350−400 no data

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 170−180 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 128 no data
Far Cry 5 218 no data
Forza Horizon 4 250−260 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 171 no data
Valorant 350−400 no data

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 300−350 no data

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 190−200 no data
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 500−550 no data
Grand Theft Auto V 137 no data
Metro Exodus 104 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180 no data
Valorant 450−500 no data

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 160−170 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 81 no data
Far Cry 5 173 no data
Forza Horizon 4 220−230 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 140 no data

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 150−160 no data

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 85−90 no data
Grand Theft Auto V 146 no data
Metro Exodus 65 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 117 no data
Valorant 300−350 no data

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 120−130 no data
Counter-Strike 2 85−90 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 36 no data
Far Cry 5 93 no data
Forza Horizon 4 170−180 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 95−100 no data

4K
Epic

Fortnite 75−80 no data

This is how RTX 4070 and Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4070 is 96% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4070 is 82% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4070 is 75% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 April 2023 3 March 2026

Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU has an age advantage of 2 years.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4070 and M5 Max 40-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 4070 is a desktop graphics card while Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is a notebook one.

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