GeForce RTX 4070 Ti vs Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core)
We performed a head-to-head comparison of the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB with 60 pipelines and 7680 shaders against the 10 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.
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
The "Energy Efficiency" metric has less impact on the NanoReview Score for desktop GPU.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
- Performs significantly better (up to 90%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 2.8x higher maximum theoretical performance (40.1 vs 14.1 TFLOPS)
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 3 technology
- Achieves 2.3x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (219K vs 94K)
- Has 23% higher memory bandwidth: 504 vs 409.6 GB/s
- Has 50% more shading units (7680 vs 5120)
Reasons to consider the Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core)
- Manufactured using a more efficient 3 nm process technology
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 197 136 126 100 |
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| The Witcher 3 | 211 190 135 72 |
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 288 218 160 83 |
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| Far Cry 6 | 164 147 130 81 |
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| Hogwarts Legacy | 140 115 89 50 |
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| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 181 172 134 90 |
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| Ghost of Tsushima | 124 107 92 55 |
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 161 147 98 44 |
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| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 257 243 188 98 |
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| 1080p High | 191 | - |
| 1080p Ultra | 164 | - |
| 1440p Ultra | 128 | - |
| 4K Ultra | 75 | - |
| Margin of Error | Low | Medium |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 22743 | - |
| Solar Bay | 108437 | 49656 |
| Port Royal | 13995 | - |
| Fire Strike | 53473 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | 45396 | 30893 |
| Night Raid | 171208 | - |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 371.2 img/sec | 157.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 235 img/sec | 100.9 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 7.51 Gpixels/sec | 3.99 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 10.6 Gpixels/sec | 6.04 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 12.4 Gpixels/sec | 5 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 2.03 Gpixels/sec | 0.84 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 1120 Gpixels/sec | 363.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 30420.2 FPS | 12226.9 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1209 | - |
| DirectX 11 | 287 FPS | - |
| DirectX 12 | 115 FPS | - |
| GPU Compute | 18136 Ops/s | - |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-14 (Isa) | Cinebench 2024 | 80717 |
| 📘 2026-06-02 (Harley) | Cinebench 2024 | 79993 |
| 📘 2026-03-27 (minato) | Cinebench 2024 | 80470 |
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) | 12496 | 8685 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 33378 | 20739 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 37180 | 22775 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 62919 | 37676 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 171125 | 91609 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3630 | 2909 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 6420 | 5274 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 15804 | 7480 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 58647 | 38212 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 331379 | 190681 |
| Framework | ONNX | Core ML |
| Backend | DirectML | GPU |
Results were compared using different ML frameworks
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4070 Ti and Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core)General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Apple |
| Build | Discrete | Integrated |
| Released | January 3, 2023 | October 31, 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $799 | - |
| Case | Desktop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Professional |
| Segment | Mid-range | High-end |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | AD104 | - |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 7900 XT | - GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | - Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i7 14700K or above | - Apple M3 Max or above |
| Used in CPUs | - | - Apple M3 Max |
Desktop GPU rating (#15th place)
Laptop GPU ranking (#21st place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 2310 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2610 MHz | 1380 MHz |
| Shading Units | 7680 | 5120 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 240 | 320 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 80 | 160 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 60 | 640 |
| Tensor Cores | 240 | - |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 60 | - |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | - |
| L2 Cache | 48MB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 209 GPixel/s | 221 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 626 GTexel/s | 442 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | Custom |
| TGP | 285 W | 60 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 3 nm |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | - |
| Transistor Count | 35 billion | 56 billion |
| Transistor Density | 119.05 MTr/mm² | - |
| Max. Temperature | - | 100°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | System Shared |
| Memory Size | 12 GB | - |
| Memory Clock | 1313 MHz | 6400 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 21000 Mbps | 12800 Mbps |
| Bus | 192-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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