Apple M4 40-core GPU vs GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureBlackwell 2.0 (2025)no data
GPU code nameGB203no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date2025no data

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 cores1075240
Core clock speed1500 MHzno data
Boost clock speed2000 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology0 nm3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)175 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate672.0no data
Floating-point processing power43.01 TFLOPSno data
ROPs128no data
TMUs336no data
Tensor Cores336no data
Ray Tracing Cores84no 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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 5.0 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 typeGDDR7LPDDR5x-8533
Maximum RAM amount16 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed2500 MHz8533 MHz
Memory bandwidth1.01 TB/sno 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4ano data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.8no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA10.1-

Pros & cons summary


Power consumption (TDP) 175 Watt 45 Watt

Apple M4 40-core GPU has 288.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile and Apple M4 40-core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile
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