Apple 32-Core M4 Max vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop 80W Full Specs

Summary

4,096 Shaders 1.58GHz	3,328 Shaders 2.25GHz
Shared Memory409.6GB/sLPDDR5X	8GB GDDR7354.8GB/s placeholder
Peak·FP32·FP16 12.93 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 14.98 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor Soldered
TDP Shared	TDP 80W

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 Tensor FP4 FP4 Tensor Sparse 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 Memory Bandwidth TDP

32-Core M4 Max12.93 TFLOPSFP16

x1

GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop 80W479.2 TFLOPSFP4 Tensor Sparse

x37.07

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1578MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed2250MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 12.93 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 479.2 TFLOPSFP4 Tensor Sparse
-	Tensor FP4 239.6 TFLOPS FP4 Tensor Sparse 479.2 TFLOPS
-	Tensor FP8-16 119.8 TFLOPS FP8-16 Tensor Sparse 239.6 TFLOPS Tensor FP8-32 59.9 TFLOPS FP8-32 Tensor Sparse 119.8 TFLOPS
-	Tensor FP16-16 59.9 TFLOPS FP16-16 Tensor Sparse 119.8 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 29.95 TFLOPS FP16-32 Tensor Sparse 59.9 TFLOPS
-	BF16 14.98 TFLOPS Tensor BF16 29.95 TFLOPS BF16 Tensor Sparse 59.9 TFLOPS
Tensor TF32 -	Tensor TF32 14.98 TFLOPS
FP32 12.93 TFLOPS	FP32 14.98 TFLOPS
-	FP64 234 GFLOPS
-	Tensor INT8 119.8 TOPS
Ray -	Ray 45.42 TOPS
Pixel Rate 202 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 72 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 404 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 234 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 4,096 Shaders	Shaders 3,328 Shaders
TMUs 256 TMUs	TMUs 104 TMUs
ROPs 128 ROPs	ROPs 32 ROPs
Tensor Cores -	Tensor Cores 104 T-Cores
RT Cores 32 RT-Cores	RT Cores 26 RT-Cores
EUs 512 EUs	SMs 26 SMs

Clocks

Base Clock -	Base Clock 2.12GHz
Boost Clock 1.58GHz	Boost Clock 2.25GHz
Tensor Clock -	Tensor Clock 2.25GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 8.2MB shared

L2 Cache 32.8MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5X	8GB GDDR7 placeholder
Memory Bus 384-bit	Memory Bus 128-bit
Memory Speed 8.5GT/s	Memory Speed 22.2GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 409.6GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 354.8GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP Shared

TDP 80W

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 4	Multi-Monitor 4
HDCP -	HDCP HDCP 2.3

Encoder

Encoder Model 2x Apple Media Engine 3

Encoder Model NVENC 9

Decoder

Decoder Model 2x Apple Media Engine 3

Decoder Model NVDEC 6

Card

Form Factor iGPU

Form Factor Soldered

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer NVIDIA
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer NVIDIA
Architecture Apple Gen 7	Architecture Blackwell
Family M Series	Family GeForce 50
Branding	Branding
Codename G16M	Codename NV196
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Laptop
Release Date Oct 30, 2024	Release Date May 5, 2025

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3E	Fabrication Node 4NP
Die Size 454mm²	Die Size 183mm²
Transistor Count 76 Billion	Transistor Count 23 Billion
Transistor Density 167 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 125.7 MTr/mm²

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Used In

CPUs M4 Max (14C32G)	CPUs -
Laptops MacBook Pro 16(M4 Max, Late 2024)MacBook Pro 14(M4 Max, Late 2024)	Laptops -
Desktops Mac Studio(M4 Max, Early 2025)	Desktops -

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