GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop vs Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core)
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
AD106 (GN21-X6)
We performed a head-to-head comparison of the GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile 8 GB with 36 pipelines and 4608 shaders against the 8 months newer Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core) that utilizes 640 pipelines and 5120 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
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Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
- Includes 8 GB of dedicated GDDR6 memory
- 42% higher maximum theoretical performance (20 vs 14.1 TFLOPS)
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 3 technology
- Achieves 22% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (115K vs 94K)
Reasons to consider the Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core)
- Manufactured using a more efficient 3 nm process technology
- Has 60% higher memory bandwidth: 409.6 vs 256 GB/s
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 139 89 77 56 |
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| The Witcher 3 | 164 129 95 53 |
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 236 183 130 71 |
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| Far Cry 6 | 121 109 87 51 |
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| Hogwarts Legacy | 91 77 60 28 |
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| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 111 105 77 51 |
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| Ghost of Tsushima | 85 69 53 29 |
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 99 84 53 25 |
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| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 147 137 100 53 |
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| 1080p High | 133 | - |
| 1080p Ultra | 109 | - |
| 1440p Ultra | 81 | - |
| 4K Ultra | 46 | - |
| Margin of Error | Low | Medium |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 12514 | - |
| Solar Bay | 54815 | 49656 |
| Port Royal | 7416 | - |
| Fire Strike | 30057 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | 23262 | 30893 |
| Night Raid | 113672 | - |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 158.5 img/sec | 157.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 116.5 img/sec | 100.9 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 4.35 Gpixels/sec | 3.99 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.67 Gpixels/sec | 6.04 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 6.44 Gpixels/sec | 5 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.36 Gpixels/sec | 0.84 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 528.5 Gpixels/sec | 363.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 16372.3 FPS | 12226.9 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 766 | - |
| DirectX 11 | 177 FPS | - |
| DirectX 12 | 85 FPS | - |
| GPU Compute | 8365 Ops/s | - |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-05 (Wahid) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 122515 |
| 📘 2026-06-05 (Wahid) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 35869 |
Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core)
No benchmark results yet
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 8642 | 8685 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 20635 | 20739 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 26378 | 22775 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 39776 | 37676 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 105983 | 91609 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2995 | 2909 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 4507 | 5274 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 10198 | 7480 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 41078 | 38212 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 190315 | 190681 |
| Framework | ONNX | Core ML |
| Backend | DirectML | GPU |
Results were compared using different ML frameworks
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop and Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core)General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Apple |
| Build | Discrete | Integrated |
| Released | February 22, 2023 | October 31, 2023 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Professional |
| Segment | High-end | High-end |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | AD106 (GN21-X6) | - |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop | - Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 7 155H or above | - Apple M3 Max or above |
| Used in CPUs | - | - Apple M3 Max |
Laptop GPU ranking (23rd and 21st place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 735-2070 MHz (configurable) | 500 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1230-2175 MHz (configurable) | 1380 MHz |
| Shading Units | 4608 | 5120 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 144 | 320 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 160 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 36 | 640 |
| Tensor Cores | 144 | - |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 36 | - |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | - |
| L2 Cache | 32MB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 59-104 GPixel/s | 221 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 177-313 GTexel/s | 442 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | Custom |
| TGP | 35-140 W (configurable) | 60 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 3 nm |
| Die Size | 186 mm² | - |
| Transistor Count | 22.9 billion | 56 billion |
| Transistor Density | 123.12 MTr/mm² | - |
| Max. Temperature | - | 100°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | System Shared |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | - |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 6400 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 16000 Mbps | 12800 Mbps |
| Bus | 128-bit | 512-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | - |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | - |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | - |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | - |
| CUDA | 8.9 | - |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 3 | No |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | - |
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