GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop vs Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
GB203-400
Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
Custom
We performed a head-to-head comparison of the GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile 24 GB with 82 pipelines and 10496 shaders against the 3 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
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
- Performs significantly better (up to 80%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 2.8x higher maximum theoretical performance (45.3 vs 16.2 TFLOPS)
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 4 technology
- Achieves 94% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (226K vs 116K)
- Has 64% higher memory bandwidth: 896 vs 546 GB/s
- Has 2.1x more shading units (10496 vs 5120)
Reasons to consider the Apple M4 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 | 212 149 140 111 |
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| The Witcher 3 | 225 201 143 75 |
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 293 222 162 84 |
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| Far Cry 6 | 167 153 134 83 |
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| Hogwarts Legacy | 151 120 97 55 |
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| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 196 190 149 101 |
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| Ghost of Tsushima | 135 114 96 63 |
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 177 153 110 51 |
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| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 273 257 194 104 |
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| 1080p High | 203 | - |
| 1080p Ultra | 173 | - |
| 1440p Ultra | 136 | - |
| 4K Ultra | 81 | - |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 25015 | - |
| Solar Bay | 115087 | 61312 |
| Port Royal | 16530 | - |
| Fire Strike | 51145 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | 47290 | 36641 |
| Night Raid | 177560 | - |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 266.5 img/sec | 195 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 196.9 img/sec | 125.9 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 10.6 Gpixels/sec | 4.82 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 15.2 Gpixels/sec | 7.47 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 14.4 Gpixels/sec | 5.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.89 Gpixels/sec | 1.06 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 1150 Gpixels/sec | 417.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 29783 FPS | 17079.9 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1108 | - |
| DirectX 11 | 266 FPS | - |
| DirectX 12 | 135 FPS | - |
| GPU Compute | 11399 Ops/s | - |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
No benchmark results yet
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) | 12121 | 10302 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 33054 | 23763 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 33652 | 29314 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 67213 | 42016 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 151395 | 105972 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3209 | 2963 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 6292 | 6594 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 15618 | 8935 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 57894 | 43143 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 272117 | 221563 |
| Framework | ONNX | Core ML |
| Backend | DirectML | GPU |
Results were compared using different ML frameworks
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop and Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Apple |
| Build | Discrete | Integrated |
| Released | January 6, 2025 | October 30, 2024 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Professional |
| Segment | High-end | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | GB203-400 | Custom |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop |
| Successor | - | - Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX or above | - Apple M4 Max (16-Core) or above |
| Used in CPUs | - | - Apple M4 Max (16-Core) |
Laptop GPU ranking (1st and 14th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 990-1515 MHz (configurable) | 500 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1515-2160 MHz (configurable) | 1578 MHz |
| Shading Units | 10496 | 5120 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 328 | 320 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 112 | 160 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 82 | 640 |
| Tensor Cores | 328 | - |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 82 | - |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | - |
| L2 Cache | 64MB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 170-242 GPixel/s | 252 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 497-708 GTexel/s | 505 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | Custom |
| TGP | 95-175 W (configurable) | 50 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 3 nm |
| Die Size | 378 mm² | - |
| Transistor Count | 45.6 billion | - |
| Transistor Density | 120.63 MTr/mm² | - |
| Max. Temperature | - | 100°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | System Shared |
| Memory Size | 24 GB | - |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 8533 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 28000 Mbps | - |
| Bus | 256-bit | 512-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | - |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | - |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | - |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | - |
| CUDA | 10.1 | - |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 4 | No |
| DisplayPort | 2.1a | - |
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