Nvidia RTX Pro 4000 Laptop (Blackwell) vs Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
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Nvidia RTX Pro 4000 Laptop (Blackwell)
GB203-300-A1
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
Custom
We performed a head-to-head comparison of the Nvidia RTX Pro 4000 Mobile (Blackwell) 16 GB with 60 pipelines and 7680 shaders against the 1 year newer Apple M5 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 Nvidia RTX Pro 4000 Laptop (Blackwell)
- Performs better (up to 24%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 73% higher maximum theoretical performance (28.8 vs 16.6 TFLOPS)
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 4 technology
- Has 46% higher memory bandwidth: 896 vs 614 GB/s
- Achieves 35% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (197K vs 146K)
- Has 50% more shading units (7680 vs 5120)
Reasons to consider the Apple M5 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 | 180 121 112 83 |
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| The Witcher 3 | 197 167 122 66 |
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 275 213 152 84 |
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| Far Cry 6 | 148 136 117 72 |
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| Hogwarts Legacy | 122 100 82 45 |
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| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 164 150 118 78 |
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| Ghost of Tsushima | 110 93 77 48 |
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 140 127 85 38 |
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| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 229 213 159 85 |
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| 1080p High | 174 | - |
| 1080p Ultra | 147 | - |
| 1440p Ultra | 114 | - |
| 4K Ultra | 67 | - |
| Margin of Error | High | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 16906 | - |
| Solar Bay | 49611 | 79229 |
| Port Royal | 12094 | - |
| Fire Strike | 31680 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | - | 42463 |
| Night Raid | 131505 | - |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 267.1 img/sec | 257 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 165.5 img/sec | 182.1 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 8.72 Gpixels/sec | 5.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 12.3 Gpixels/sec | 8.33 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 12.6 Gpixels/sec | 8.86 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.83 Gpixels/sec | 1.28 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 942.6 Gpixels/sec | 455.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 25637.1 FPS | 21658 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 872 | - |
| DirectX 11 | 225 FPS | - |
| DirectX 12 | 108 FPS | - |
| GPU Compute | 7943 Ops/s | - |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
Nvidia RTX Pro 4000 Laptop (Blackwell)
No benchmark results yet
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-04-16 -> Apple lover | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 146276 |
| 📘 2026-03-25 (Steven) | Cinebench 2024 | 9283 |
| 📘 2026-03-25 (Steven) | Steel Nomad Light | 18486 |
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) | 11723 | 10711 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 32142 | 42406 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 30735 | 42905 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 58722 | 73489 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 129551 | 289766 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3539 | 6087 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 6242 | 8881 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 14495 | 10130 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 50690 | 84224 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 231154 | 264552 |
| Framework | ONNX | Core ML |
| Backend | DirectML | GPU |
Results were compared using different ML frameworks
Specifications
Technical specifications of Nvidia RTX Pro 4000 Laptop (Blackwell) and Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Apple |
| Build | Discrete | Integrated |
| Released | March 18, 2025 | March 3, 2026 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Professional | Professional |
| Segment | High-end | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | GB203-300-A1 | Custom |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX or above | - Apple M5 Max (40-сore GPU) or above |
| Used in CPUs | - | - Apple M5 Max (40-сore GPU) |
Laptop GPU ranking (5th and 6th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 975-1702 MHz (configurable) | - |
| Boost Clock | 1702-1875 MHz (configurable) | 1620 MHz |
| Shading Units | 7680 | 5120 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 240 | 320 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 96 | 160 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 60 | 640 |
| Tensor Cores | 240 | - |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 60 | - |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | - |
| L2 Cache | 64MB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 163-180 GPixel/s | 259 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 408-450 GTexel/s | 518 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | Custom |
| TGP | 80-175 W (configurable) | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 3 nm |
| Die Size | 378 mm² | - |
| Transistor Count | 45.6 billion | 28 billion |
| Transistor Density | 120.63 MTr/mm² | - |
| Max. Temperature | - | 100°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | System Shared |
| Memory Size | 16 GB | - |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 9600 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 28000 Mbps | - |
| Bus | 256-bit | 512-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12.2 | - |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | - |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | - |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | - |
| CUDA | 12 | - |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 4 | No |
| DisplayPort | 2.1b | - |
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