Apple M1 Ultra 48-core vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 Ultra 48-core and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Apple M1 Ultra 48-core

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 Ultra 48-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 780 - 960 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 12 nm
Around 35% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 92793 vs 68858

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 Mar 2022 vs 27 May 2019
Core clock speed	1296 MHz vs 780 - 960 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	92793 vs 68858

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q

53.3x more pipelines: 2560 vs 48
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 120 Watt

Pipelines	2560 vs 48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M1 Ultra 48-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

92793

68858

Name	Apple M1 Ultra 48-core	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q
Geekbench - OpenCL	92793	68858
PassMark - G2D Mark		566
PassMark - G3D Mark		12794
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		18169
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		18169
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3359

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M1 Ultra 48-core	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q
Essentials
Launch date	18 Mar 2022	27 May 2019
Place in performance rating	179	182
Architecture		Turing
Code name		N19E-Q3 MAX-Q
Type		Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	1296 MHz	780 - 960 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	12 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	15.925 TFLOPS
Pipelines	48	2560
Render output units	192
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	80 Watt
Boost clock speed		1380 - 1485 MHz
Transistor count		13600 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	819.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	1024 bit	256 Bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount		8 GB
Memory clock speed		14000 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
G-SYNC support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size		large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX		12.1
OpenGL		4.6
Vulkan
Technologies
Multi Monitor
VR Ready