Apple 8-Core M4 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M Full Specs

Summary

1,024 Shaders 1.58GHz	1,280 Shaders 993MHz
Shared Memory120GB/sLPDDR5X	3GB GDDR5120GB/s placeholder
Peak·FP32·FP16 3.23 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 2.54 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor Soldered
TDP Shared	TDP 75W

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 FP64 Memory Bandwidth TDP

8-Core M43.23 TFLOPSFP16

x1.27

GeForce GTX 970M2.54 TFLOPSFP32

x1

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1578MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed993MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 3.23 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 2.54 TFLOPSFP32
FP32 3.23 TFLOPS	FP32 2.54 TFLOPS
-	FP64 79.44 GFLOPS
Pixel Rate 50.5 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 47.7 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 101 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 79.4 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 1,024 Shaders	Shaders 1,280 Shaders
TMUs 64 TMUs	TMUs 80 TMUs
ROPs 32 ROPs	ROPs 48 ROPs
RT Cores 8 RT-Cores	RT Cores -
EUs 128 EUs	SMs 10 SMs

Clocks

Boost Clock 1.58GHz

Boost Clock 993MHz

Cache

L2 Cache 2MB shared

L2 Cache 1.5MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5X	3GB GDDR5 placeholder
Memory Bus 128-bit	Memory Bus 192-bit
Memory Speed 7.5GT/s	Memory Speed 5GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 120GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 120GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Power & Thermals

TDP Shared

TDP 75W

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 2

Multi-Monitor 3

Encoder

Encoder Model Apple Media Engine 3

Encoder Model 2x NVENC 3

Decoder

Decoder Model Apple Media Engine 3

Decoder Model NVDEC 1

Card

Form Factor iGPU

Form Factor Soldered

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer NVIDIA
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer NVIDIA
Architecture Apple Gen 7	Architecture Maxwell 2
Family M Series	Family GeForce 900
Branding	Branding
Codename G16G	Codename NV124
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Laptop
Release Date Oct 28, 2024	Release Date Oct 7, 2014

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3E	Fabrication Node 28nm
Die Size 169mm²	Die Size 398mm²
Transistor Count 28 Billion	Transistor Count 5.2 Billion
Transistor Density 165 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 13.07 MTr/mm²

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Used In

CPUs M4 (8C8G)	CPUs -
Laptops -	Laptops Blade 14(Early 2015)Blade 14(Early 2016)
All-in-Ones iMac 24(M4, Two Ports, Late 2024)	All-in-Ones -

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