GeForce RTX 5060 vs Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
GB206-250
Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
Custom
We performed a head-to-head comparison of the GeForce RTX 5060 8 GB with 30 pipelines and 3840 shaders against the 6 months older Apple M4 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 5060
- 19% higher maximum theoretical performance (19.2 vs 16.2 TFLOPS)
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 4 technology
Reasons to consider the Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
- Manufactured using a more efficient 3 nm process technology
- Has 22% higher memory bandwidth: 546 vs 448 GB/s
- Has 33% more shading units (5120 vs 3840)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 142 94 84 58 |
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| The Witcher 3 | 166 137 100 53 |
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 238 188 131 74 |
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| Far Cry 6 | 125 116 93 53 |
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| Hogwarts Legacy | 94 79 59 30 |
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| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 117 108 80 51 |
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| Ghost of Tsushima | 85 71 55 30 |
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 99 89 56 27 |
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| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 156 141 106 57 |
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| 1080p High | 136 | - |
| 1080p Ultra | 114 | - |
| 1440p Ultra | 85 | - |
| 4K Ultra | 48 | - |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 13751 | - |
| Solar Bay | 64641 | 61312 |
| Port Royal | 8694 | - |
| Fire Strike | 37594 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | 26198 | 36641 |
| Night Raid | 133318 | - |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 209.1 img/sec | 195 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 134.3 img/sec | 125.9 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 4.67 Gpixels/sec | 4.82 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 6.13 Gpixels/sec | 7.47 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 6.39 Gpixels/sec | 5.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.36 Gpixels/sec | 1.06 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 607.8 Gpixels/sec | 417.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 18827.5 FPS | 17079.9 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1145 | - |
| DirectX 11 | 200 FPS | - |
| DirectX 12 | 77 FPS | - |
| GPU Compute | 10396 Ops/s | - |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 5060
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-20 -> bang | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 143443 |
Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-07-10 (thomas) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 116478 |
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) | 8362 | 10302 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 22831 | 23763 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 22375 | 29314 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 41955 | 42016 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 84685 | 105972 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3296 | 2963 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 5083 | 6594 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 11023 | 8935 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 38817 | 43143 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 155103 | 221563 |
| Framework | ONNX | Core ML |
| Backend | DirectML | GPU |
Results were compared using different ML frameworks
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5060 and Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Apple |
| Build | Discrete | Integrated |
| Released | April 15, 2025 | October 30, 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | - |
| Case | Desktop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Professional |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | GB206-250 | Custom |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 9060 XT | - GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop |
| Successor | - | - Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above | - Apple M4 Max (16-Core) or above |
| Used in CPUs | - | - Apple M4 Max (16-Core) |
Desktop GPU rating (#42nd place)
Laptop GPU ranking (#14th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 2280 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2500 MHz | 1578 MHz |
| Shading Units | 3840 | 5120 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 120 | 320 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 160 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 30 | 640 |
| Tensor Cores | 120 | - |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 30 | - |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | - |
| L2 Cache | 32MB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 120 GPixel/s | 252 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 300 GTexel/s | 505 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x8 | Custom |
| TGP | 145 W | 50 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 3 nm |
| Die Size | 181 mm² | - |
| Transistor Count | 21.9 billion | - |
| Transistor Density | 120.99 MTr/mm² | - |
| Max. Temperature | 89°C | 100°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | System Shared |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | - |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 8533 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 28000 Mbps | - |
| Bus | 128-bit | 512-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12.2 | - |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | - |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | - |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | - |
| CUDA | 12.0 | - |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 4 | No |
| DisplayPort | 2.1b | - |
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