Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU
vs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU is based on the Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) (M1) and has 32 GB LPDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 410 GB/s.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 (Blackwell) and has 12 GB GDDR7 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 672 GB/s.

GPU

The Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU has the M1 Max graphics chip installed, which is based on the M1 architecture.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition is based on the graphics chip GB205-300-A1, which comes from the Blackwell architecture.
Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition
Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
M1 Max GPU Chip GB205-300-A1
M1 Architecture Blackwell
384 Streaming Multiprocessors 48
3072 Shader 6144
0 Render Output Units 64
0 Texture Units 192
0 Raytracing Cores 48

Memory

The graphics memory of the Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU clocks at 3.200 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 0.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition is 28.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

32 GB Memory Size 12 GB
LPDDR5 Memory Type GDDR7
3.200 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
0.0 Gbps Memory Speed 28.0 Gbps
410 GB/s Memory bandwidth 672 GB/s
512 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.300 GHz Base Clock 2.165 GHz
Boost Clock 2.510 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
No Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU is powered by connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is --.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition has 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 250 W.

-- TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) --
Unknown Tjunction max 85 °C
PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU is equipped with a total of 0 -- main fans.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition has 0 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

-- Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 --
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
-- Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 5 screens can be operated with the Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

5 Max. Displays 4
-- HDCP-Version 2.3
-- HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1b
-- DP Ports 3x DP v2.1b
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 6016x3384 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition is 7680x4320 pixels.

6016x3384 Max. resolution 7680x4320
0 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU is connected to the system via Integrated graphics lanes and requires -- space in the housing.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 5 x 16 Lanes interface.

-- Length 242 mm
-- Height 112 mm
-- Width --
-- Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
Integrated graphics GPU Interface PCIe 5 x 16
No SFF-Ready Yes

Additional data

The Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU has been manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers since Q3/2021.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition came on the market in Q1/2025 and will have a structure width of 5 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no --
Q3/2021 Release date Q1/2025
-- Launch Price 549 $ (Reference)
5 nm Structure size 5 nm
-- Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Steel Nomad Light Graphics score

Steel Nomad Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Solar Bay (Raytracing)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU
32 GB LPDDR5
56124

Geekbench 6 - Metal

Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU
32 GB LPDDR5
93756

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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