GeForce RTX 4060 vs Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)

We performed a head-to-head comparison of the GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB with 24 pipelines and 3072 shaders against the 11 months newer Apple M4 GPU (10-Core) that utilizes 160 pipelines and 1280 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
DeviceFacts Final Score
Overall video card score
The "Energy Efficiency" metric has less impact on the DeviceFacts Score for desktop GPU.

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of M4 GPU (10-Core) over RTX 4060
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4060
  • Performs significantly better (up to 2.6x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 4x higher maximum theoretical performance (15.1 vs 3.8 TFLOPS)
  • Includes 8 GB of dedicated GDDR6 memory
  • Supports Nvidia DLSS 3 technology
  • Achieves 2.8x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (106K vs 37K)
  • Has 2.3x higher memory bandwidth: 272 vs 120 GB/s
  • Has 2.4x more shading units (3072 vs 1280)
Reasons to consider the Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 3 nm process technology

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
128
78
66
47
-
The Witcher 3
143
117
82
44
-
Counter-Strike 2
208
157
111
58
-
Far Cry 6
105
98
76
45
-
Hogwarts Legacy
78
65
47
26
-
CoD: Modern Warfare III
98
90
64
43
-
Ghost of Tsushima
73
61
45
27
-
Cyberpunk 2077
82
75
43
22
-
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
128
119
85
46
-
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 116 -
1080p Ultra 96 -
1440p Ultra 69 -
4K Ultra 40 -
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
RTX 4060 +160%
10683
Time Spy 10615 -
Solar Bay 49340 16554
Port Royal 6054 -
Fire Strike 28540 -
Wild Life Extreme 20610 9610
Night Raid 121368 -
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
RTX 4060 +183%
106633
Background Blur 186.9 img/sec 72.2 img/sec
Face Detection 112.7 img/sec 48.3 img/sec
Horizon Detection 3.92 Gpixels/sec 1.4 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 5.16 Gpixels/sec 1.94 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 4.94 Gpixels/sec 1.5 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.34 Gpixels/sec 0.53 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 446.2 Gpixels/sec 123.3 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 14935.1 FPS 4938.4 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
RTX 4060 +137%
10606

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
G2D Mark 1036 -
DirectX 11 174 FPS -
DirectX 12 76 FPS -
GPU Compute 9150 Ops/s -
Sources: PassMark [5] – 28684 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
RTX 4060 +193%
3132.26
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 2092 & 551 samples

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
GeForce RTX 4060
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-03-21 (John Fernand)Geekbench 6 OpenCL105636
📘 2026-03-21 (John Fernand)Cinebench 202410606
Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
No benchmark results yet

Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
RTX 4060 +73%
17857
GB6 ML Half Precision
RTX 4060 +146%
29214
GB6 ML Quantized
RTX 4060 +29%
14234
Image Classification (SP) 7696 4874
Image Segmentation (HP) 13706 8168
Image Super Resolution (Q) 23289 11983
Face Detection (HP) 31126 17036
Pose Estimation (Q) 78361 31171
Text Classification (SP) 3315 2964
Machine Translation (HP) 3491 3410
Object Detection (SP) 9386 5112
Depth Estimation (Q) 36778 22700
Style Transfer (SP) 148120 60872
Framework ONNX Core ML
Backend DirectML GPU
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]
Results were compared using different ML frameworks

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4060 and Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)

General

Vendor Nvidia Apple
Build Discrete Integrated
Released May 18, 2023 May 7, 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $299 -
Case Desktop Laptop
Purpose Gaming Professional
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Apple M GPU
GPU Codename AD107 Custom
Rival Equivalent - Radeon RX 7700 XT - Adreno X1-85
Successor - GeForce RTX 5060 - Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i5 14600K or above - Apple M4 (10-Core) or above
Used in CPUs - - Apple M4 (10-Core)
Desktop GPU rating (#54th place)
Laptop GPU ranking (#73rd place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1830 MHz 500 MHz
Boost Clock 2460 MHz 1470 MHz
Shading Units 3072 1280
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 96 80
Render Output Units (ROPs) 48 40
Compute Units (Pipelines) 24 160
Tensor Cores 96 -
Ray-tracing Cores 24 -
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster -
L2 Cache 24MB shared -
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 118 GPixel/s 59 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 236 GTexel/s 118 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
RTX 4060 +297%
15.1 TFLOPS
3.8 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 Custom
TGP 115 W 18 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 5 nm 3 nm
Die Size 159 mm² -
Transistor Count 18 billion 28 billion
Transistor Density 113.21 MTr/mm² -
Max. Temperature - 100°C

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6 System Shared
Memory Size 8 GB -
Memory Clock - 7500 MHz
Effective Memory Speed - 15000 Mbps
Bus 128-bit 128-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
RTX 4060 +127%
272 GB/s
120 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 -
Vulkan 1.3 -
OpenGL 4.6 -
OpenCL 3.0 -
CUDA 8.9 -
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 No
DisplayPort 1.4a -

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