NVIDIA Grace Blackwell GB10 vs Apple M4 Max (16C40G) Full Specs

Summary

20 Cores(10P+10E) 20 Threads(10P+10E) 3GHz	16 Cores(12P+4E) 16 Threads(12P+4E) 4.51GHz
TDP 150W	TDP 140W
Bandwidth 273.1GB/s LPDDR5X	Bandwidth 546.1GB/s LPDDR5X
iGPU GB10	iGPU 40-Core M4 Max
Peak·FP32·FP16 992.9 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 16.16 TFLOPSFP16

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

Geekbench 6 Single Geekbench 6 Multi Max Bandwidth iGPU Peak iGPU FP32 iGPU FP16 NPU TOPS TDP

Grace Blackwell GB10-

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M4 Max (16C40G)4,060

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Core Config

20 Cores 10P 10E	16 Cores 12P 4E
20 Threads 10P 10E	16 Threads 12P 4E

Clocks

Base Clock 3GHz	Base Clock 4.51GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 64KB P -	L1i 192KB P 128KB E
L1d 64KB P -	L1d 128KB P 64KB E
L2 1MB P - -	L2 32MB P shared 4MB E shared
SLC Cache -	SLC Cache 48MB

Memory

Type LPDDR5X	Type LPDDR5X
Max Memory 128GB	Max Memory 128GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 4	Channels 4
Bus Width 256-bit	Bus Width 512-bit
Speed 8533MT/s	Speed 8533MT/s
Bandwidth 273.1GB/s	Bandwidth 546.1GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate8533MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 273.1GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate8533MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 546.1GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 150W	TDP 140W
Max Operating Temp -	Max Operating Temp 100°C Max

Expansion

-	PCIe PCIe 4.0 x16 31.5GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU GB10	iGPU 40-Core M4 Max
Shaders 6144	Shaders 5120
Boost Clock 2.52GHz	Boost Clock 1.58GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 992.9 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 16.16 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model -	NPU Model H16 Aether
NPU Cores -	NPU Cores 16
NPU Clock -	NPU Clock 2.36GHz
Performance -	Performance 38 TOPSINT8

Chip

Manufacturer NVIDIA	Manufacturer Apple
ISA AArch64	ISA AArch64
Architecture ARMv9.2-A	Architecture Apple Silicon 14ARMv9.2-A
Family -	Family M Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Grace Blackwell GB10Die Grace Blackwell GB10Variant Cortex-X925P-Core Cortex-A725E-Core	Codename Brava - M4 MaxVariant AS14PP-Core AS14EE-Core
Market Segment Embedded	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Jan 6, 2025	Release Date Oct 30, 2024

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3E	Fabrication Node N3E
Die Size -	Die Size 454mm²
Transistor Count -	Transistor Count 76 Billion
Transistor Density -	Transistor Density 167 MTr/mm²

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Used In

Laptops -	Laptops MacBook Pro 16(M4 Max, Late 2024)MacBook Pro 14(M4 Max, Late 2024)
Desktops DGX Spark(Late 2025)	Desktops Mac Studio(M4 Max, Early 2025)

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