Apple 40-Core M4 Max vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop 80W Full Specs

Summary

5,120 Shaders 1.58GHz	4,608 Shaders 2.1GHz
Shared Memory546.1GB/sLPDDR5X	8GB GDDR7448GB/s placeholder
Peak·FP32·FP16 16.16 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 19.33 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

40-Core M4 Max16.16 TFLOPSFP16

x1

GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop 80W753.5 TFLOPSFP4 Tensor Sparse

x46.63

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1578MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed2097MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 16.16 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 753.5 TFLOPSFP4 Tensor Sparse
-	Tensor FP4 376.8 TFLOPS FP4 Tensor Sparse 753.5 TFLOPS
-	Tensor FP8-16 188.4 TFLOPS FP8-16 Tensor Sparse 376.8 TFLOPS Tensor FP8-32 94.19 TFLOPS FP8-32 Tensor Sparse 188.4 TFLOPS
-	Tensor FP16-16 94.19 TFLOPS FP16-16 Tensor Sparse 188.4 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 47.09 TFLOPS FP16-32 Tensor Sparse 94.19 TFLOPS
-	BF16 19.33 TFLOPS Tensor BF16 47.09 TFLOPS BF16 Tensor Sparse 94.19 TFLOPS
Tensor TF32 -	Tensor TF32 23.55 TFLOPS
FP32 16.16 TFLOPS	FP32 19.33 TFLOPS
-	FP64 302 GFLOPS
-	Tensor INT8 188.4 TOPS
Ray -	Ray 58.61 TOPS
Pixel Rate 252.5 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 100.7 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 505 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 302 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 5,120 Shaders	Shaders 4,608 Shaders
TMUs 320 TMUs	TMUs 144 TMUs
ROPs 160 ROPs	ROPs 48 ROPs
Tensor Cores -	Tensor Cores 144 T-Cores
RT Cores 40 RT-Cores	RT Cores 36 RT-Cores
EUs 640 EUs	SMs 36 SMs

Clocks

Base Clock -	Base Clock 1.6GHz
Boost Clock 1.58GHz	Boost Clock 2.1GHz
Tensor Clock -	Tensor Clock 2.56GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 8.2MB shared

L2 Cache 32.8MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5X	8GB GDDR7 placeholder
Memory Bus 512-bit	Memory Bus 128-bit
Memory Speed 8.5GT/s	Memory Speed 28GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 546.1GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 448GB/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 Jan 6, 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 (16C40G)	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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