Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop vs Apple M4 Max 40-Core GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
► remove from comparisonThe Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop is a dedicated graphics card from the Blackwell family for laptops, which was presented by Team Green in June 2025. It uses the GB207 chip.
Like the RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, the GPU offers 2,560 unified shaders (CUDA cores) combined with a 128-bit memory bus for 8 GB GDDR7 graphics memory.
Other features of the GPU include native 5th generation ray tracing cores, PCIe 5 support, DisplayPort 2.1a and 440 TOPS AI performance (thanks to the built-in Tensor cores).
The performance without DLSS frame generation should be similar to the old RTX 4060 Laptop GPU laptop GPU. The RTX 5060 is 21 - 22% faster at 115 W (incl. Dynamic Boost) in 3DMark tests (via Videocardz). As usual, performance is heavily dependent on power consumption (TGP) and cooling. Therefore, there will also be significantly slower models in laptops.
The chip is produced at TSMC using the 4nm process (4N). The power consumption (TGP) is specified at 35-100 watts (115 watts incl. Dynamic Boost 2.0).
Apple M4 Max 40-Core GPU
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The Apple M4 Max GPU (40 cores) is an integrated graphics adapter that's built into the 16-core Apple M4 Max SoC. It features 40 "cores" and has access to at least 48 GB of fast 546 GB/s LPDDR5x on-package RAM depending on the configuration. As is typical for graphics adapters released in 2024, it has hardware support for ray tracing as well as mesh shading and other modern technologies. It also supports external displays with resolutions as high as "8K" and can HW-decode a few popular video codecs such as h.264, h.265 and AV1.
Performance
Its gaming performance is set to be approximately as good as that of the GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop. Please keep in mind that very few games have been compiled specifically for Apple silicon Macs meaning most titles have to be run via emulation layers. Some of them are displayed with visual artefacts as a result, or don't start at all.
Power consumption
Given the power on offer, we expect the iGPU to consume over 45 W when under heavy loads.
Just like the rest of the Apple M4 Max chip, the integrated graphics adapter is manufactured on a "second generation 3 nm" TSMC process which is still cutting-edge as of late 2024.
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| Codename | GN22-X2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | Blackwell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pipelines | 2560 - unified | 40 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TMUs | 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ROPs | 32 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Raytracing Cores | 20 | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tensor / AI Cores | 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Core Speed | 1020 - 2662 (Boost) MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cache | L1: 2.5 MB, L2: 32 MB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Speed | 14000 effective = 1750 MHz | 8533 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Bus Width | 128 Bit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | LPDDR5x-8533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Max. Amount of Memory | 8 GB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | no | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Bandwidth | 224 GB/s | 546 GB/s | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| API | DirectX 12_2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power Consumption | 100 Watt (35 - 100 Watt TGP) | 45 Watt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| technology | 5 nm | 3 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PCIe | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Displays | 4 Displays (max.), DisplayPort 2.1a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notebook Size | medium sized | large | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 02.01.2025 | 30.10.2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Link to Manufacturer Page | www.nvidia.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU | M3 Max 40-Core GPU |
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Benchmarks
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Apple M4 Max 40-Core GPU
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Apple M4 Max 40-Core GPU
Average Benchmarks Apple M4 Max 40-Core GPU → 0% n=0
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
Total War Pharaoh
2023
Baldur's Gate 3
2023
The Witcher 3
2015| Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop | Apple M4 Max 40-Core GPU | |||||||||||||
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| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |||
| Total War Pharaoh | 74.1 | 61.8 | 56.1 | 56 | 56 | 50 | ||||||||
| Cyberpunk 2077 2.2 Phantom Liberty | 49.1 | 48.7 | 48.5 | 47.4 | 43 | 21.3 | ||||||||
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 164 | 131 | 101 | 99 | 69 | 35 | ||||||||
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 167 | 143 | 129 | 94 | 51 | |||||||||
| The Witcher 3 | 157 | 107 | 78 | 61 | ||||||||||
| Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop | Apple M4 Max 40-Core GPU | |||||||||||||
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | | | | | | | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 1 1 1 | 1 1 2 | 2 1 2 | 2 2 1 | 2 3 | 1 3 1 |
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