Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU vs GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking73not rated
Place by popularity53not in top-100
Power efficiency27.76no data
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)no data
GPU code nameAD107no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 January 2023 (1 year ago)17 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores307238
Core clock speed1545 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1890 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology4 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt53 Watt
Texture fill rate181.4no data
Floating-point processing power11.61 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs96no data
Tensor Cores96no data
Ray Tracing Cores24no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargemedium sized
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount8 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed2000 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth256.0 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsPortable Device Dependentno data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.7no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA8.9-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 4 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 53 Watt

RTX 4060 Mobile has a 25% more advanced lithography process.

Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU, on the other hand, has 117% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile and Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
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Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU
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