Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada vs Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
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Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
AD102
Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
Custom
We performed a head-to-head comparison of the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada 48 GB with 142 pipelines and 18176 shaders against the 1 year and 11 months newer 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 Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
- Performs significantly better (up to 2.2x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 5.6x higher maximum theoretical performance (91.1 vs 16.2 TFLOPS)
- Includes 48 GB of dedicated GDDR6 memory
- Achieves 3.3x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (389K vs 116K)
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 3 technology
- Has 3.6x more shading units (18176 vs 5120)
- Has 76% higher memory bandwidth: 960 vs 546 GB/s
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 | 231 168 153 125 |
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| The Witcher 3 | 246 212 152 80 |
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 313 219 173 83 |
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| Far Cry 6 | 175 160 148 91 |
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| Hogwarts Legacy | 164 137 108 60 |
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| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 220 214 174 116 |
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| Ghost of Tsushima | 148 124 110 68 |
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 196 172 123 58 |
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| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 287 267 201 109 |
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| 1080p High | 220 | - |
| 1080p Ultra | 186 | - |
| 1440p Ultra | 149 | - |
| 4K Ultra | 88 | - |
| Margin of Error | High | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 26529 | - |
| Solar Bay | 145429 | 61312 |
| Port Royal | 19497 | - |
| Fire Strike | 62803 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | 53640 | 36641 |
| Night Raid | 148225 | - |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 618.3 img/sec | 195 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 399.9 img/sec | 125.9 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 15.1 Gpixels/sec | 4.82 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 22.1 Gpixels/sec | 7.47 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 26.3 Gpixels/sec | 5.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 2.33 Gpixels/sec | 1.06 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 2210 Gpixels/sec | 417.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 53494.5 FPS | 17079.9 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1007 | - |
| DirectX 11 | 284 FPS | - |
| DirectX 12 | 101 FPS | - |
| GPU Compute | 22506 Ops/s | - |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
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) | 13367 | 10302 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 32477 | 23763 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 42056 | 29314 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 69004 | 42016 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 230965 | 105972 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3491 | 2963 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 5545 | 6594 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 18668 | 8935 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 68370 | 43143 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 520389 | 221563 |
| Framework | ONNX | Core ML |
| Backend | DirectML | GPU |
Results were compared using different ML frameworks
Specifications
Technical specifications of Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada and Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Apple |
| Build | Discrete | Integrated |
| Released | December 3, 2022 | October 30, 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $6800 | - |
| Case | Desktop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Professional | Professional |
| Segment | High-end | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | AD102 | Custom |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop |
| Successor | - | - Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i9 14900K or above | - Apple M4 Max (16-Core) or above |
| Used in CPUs | - | - Apple M4 Max (16-Core) |
Desktop GPU rating (#5th place)
Laptop GPU ranking (#14th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 915 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2505 MHz | 1578 MHz |
| Shading Units | 18176 | 5120 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 568 | 320 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 192 | 160 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 142 | 640 |
| Tensor Cores | 568 | - |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 142 | - |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | - |
| L2 Cache | 96MB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 481 GPixel/s | 252 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 1423 GTexel/s | 505 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | Custom |
| TGP | 300 W | 50 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 3 nm |
| Die Size | 609 mm² | - |
| Transistor Count | 76 billion | - |
| Transistor Density | 124.79 MTr/mm² | - |
| Max. Temperature | - | 100°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | System Shared |
| Memory Size | 48 GB | - |
| Memory Clock | 2500 MHz | 8533 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 20000 Mbps | - |
| Bus | 384-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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