Apple 32-Core M4 Max vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop 115W Full Specs

Summary

4,096 Shaders 1.58GHz	2,560 Shaders 2.37GHz
Shared Memory409.6GB/sLPDDR5X	6GB GDDR6192GB/s placeholder
Peak·FP32·FP16 12.93 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 12.13 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor Soldered
TDP Shared	TDP 115W

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 Tensor FP8-16 FP8-16 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP8-32 FP8-32 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP16-16 FP16-16 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP16-32 FP16-32 Tensor Sparse FP64 BF16 Tensor BF16 BF16 Tensor Sparse Tensor TF32 Tensor INT8 Tensor INT4 Memory Bandwidth TDP

32-Core M4 Max12.93 TFLOPSFP16

x1

GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop 115W388.3 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse

x30.04

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1578MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed2370MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 12.93 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 388.3 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse
-	Tensor FP8-16 97.08 TFLOPS FP8-16 Tensor Sparse 194.2 TFLOPS Tensor FP8-32 48.54 TFLOPS FP8-32 Tensor Sparse 97.08 TFLOPS
-	Tensor FP16-16 48.54 TFLOPS FP16-16 Tensor Sparse 97.08 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 24.27 TFLOPS FP16-32 Tensor Sparse 48.54 TFLOPS
-	BF16 12.13 TFLOPS Tensor BF16 24.27 TFLOPS BF16 Tensor Sparse 48.54 TFLOPS
Tensor TF32 -	Tensor TF32 12.13 TFLOPS
FP32 12.93 TFLOPS	FP32 12.13 TFLOPS
-	FP64 189.6 GFLOPS
Tensor INT4 -	Tensor INT4 194.2 TOPS
-	Tensor INT8 97.08 TOPS
Ray -	Ray 28.05 TOPS
Pixel Rate 202 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 75.8 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 404 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 189.6 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 4,096 Shaders	Shaders 2,560 Shaders
TMUs 256 TMUs	TMUs 80 TMUs
ROPs 128 ROPs	ROPs 32 ROPs
Tensor Cores -	Tensor Cores 80 T-Cores
RT Cores 32 RT-Cores	RT Cores 20 RT-Cores
EUs 512 EUs	SMs 20 SMs

Clocks

Base Clock -	Base Clock 2.37GHz
Boost Clock 1.58GHz	Boost Clock 2.37GHz

Cache

L1 -	L1 64KB/SM Tex
L2 Cache 8MB shared	L2 Cache 12MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5X	6GB GDDR6 placeholder
Memory Bus 384-bit	Memory Bus 96-bit
Memory Speed 8.5GT/s	Memory Speed 16GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 409.6GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 192GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Power & Thermals

TDP Shared

TDP 115W

Video Output

Max Resolution 7680x4320	Max Resolution 7680x4320
Refresh Rate Calculator 7680x4320 Resolution8K UHD Refresh Rate 120Hz	Refresh Rate Calculator 7680x4320 Resolution8K UHD Refresh Rate 60Hz
Multi-Monitor 4	Multi-Monitor 4
Adaptive Sync -	Adaptive Sync G-Sync FreeSync
DSC Supported	DSC Supported
HDCP -	HDCP HDCP 2.3

API Support

Shader Model -	Shader Model 6.6
-	DirectX DirectX 12 Direct3D 12_3
-	OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 3 Vulkan 1.3
-	CUDA 8.9 PureVideo HD VP12 VDPAU Feature Set L

Encoder

Encoder 2x Apple Media Engine 3	Encoder NVENC 8
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - ProRes	Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1 -

Decoder

Decoder 2x Apple Media Engine 3	Decoder NVDEC 5
Codec - - - - - - AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1 ProRes	Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 VC-1 VP8 VP9 AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1 -

Card

Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor Soldered
PCIe -	PCIe PCIe 4.0 x16

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer NVIDIA
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer NVIDIA
Architecture Apple Gen 7	Architecture Ada Lovelace
Family M Series	Family GeForce 40
Branding	Branding
Codename G16M	Codename NV187
Chip Variant -	Chip Variant AD107
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Laptop
Release Date Oct 30, 2024	Release Date Feb 22, 2023

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3E	Fabrication Node 4N
Die Size 454mm²	Die Size 159mm²
Transistor Count 76B	Transistor Count 18.9B
Transistor Density 167 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 118.9 MTr/mm²

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