Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU vs GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking4452
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency41.42no data
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)no data
GPU code nameAD104no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 January 2023 (3 years ago)3 March 2026 (less than a 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 cores742440
Core clock speed1290 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1665 MHzno data
Number of transistors35,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology4 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)110 Wattno data
Texture fill rate386.3no data
Floating-point processing power24.72 TFLOPSno data
ROPs80no data
TMUs232no data
Tensor Cores232no data
Ray Tracing Cores58no data
L1 Cache7.3 MBno data
L2 Cache48 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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16no 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 typeGDDR6LPDDR5x-8533
Maximum RAM amount12 GBno data
Memory bus width192 Bitno data
Memory clock speed2250 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth432.0 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependentno data

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 HD149
+39.3%
107
−39.3%
1440p99
+65%
60
−65%
4K67
+76.3%
38
−76.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 290−300 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 149 no data
Resident Evil 4 Remake 170−180 no data

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 160−170 no data
Counter-Strike 2 215 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 143 no data
Far Cry 5 171 no data
Fortnite 280−290 no data
Forza Horizon 4 230−240 no data
Forza Horizon 5 180−190 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180 no data
Valorant 300−350 no data

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 160−170 no data
Counter-Strike 2 196 no data
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 124 no data
Dota 2 178 no data
Far Cry 5 161 no data
Fortnite 280−290 no data
Forza Horizon 4 230−240 no data
Forza Horizon 5 180−190 no data
Grand Theft Auto V 157 no data
Metro Exodus 146 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 334 no data
Valorant 300−350 no data

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 160−170 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 121 no data
Dota 2 165 no data
Far Cry 5 151 no data
Forza Horizon 4 230−240 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 172 no data
Valorant 300−350 no data

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 280−290 no data

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 149 no data
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 450−500 no data
Grand Theft Auto V 122 no data
Metro Exodus 102 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180 no data
Valorant 350−400 no data

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 140−150 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 82 no data
Far Cry 5 140 no data
Forza Horizon 4 190−200 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 140 no data

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 150−160 no data

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 71 no data
Grand Theft Auto V 144 no data
Metro Exodus 67 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 117 no data
Valorant 336 no data

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 100−110 no data
Counter-Strike 2 75−80 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 39 no data
Dota 2 157 no data
Far Cry 5 91 no data
Forza Horizon 4 140−150 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 95−100 no data

4K
Epic

Fortnite 75−80 no data

This is how RTX 4080 Mobile and Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4080 Mobile is 39% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4080 Mobile is 65% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4080 Mobile is 76% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 January 2023 3 March 2026

Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU has an age advantage of 3 years.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile and M5 Max 40-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

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