Watch out, Nvidia - new benchmarks suggest Apple M4 Ultra could beat the mighty RTX 4090

Date:
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 12:03:51 +0000

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Take this with a grain of salt, but it seems that Apples M4 Ultra chip could dethrone the RTX 4090 in graphical performance across multiple APIs.

FULL STORY ======================================================================A new benchmark for the M4 Max suggests the M4 Ultra could surpass the RTX 4090
This could strengthen Apples position within the gaming market Cyberpunk 2077 is a strong indication of the M4 familys power and performance

Apples lineup of M4 chips is expected to significantly enhance performance across all Macs, and the M4 Ultra could take the lead by a landslide - as new rumors suggest it could even outperform the RTX 4090 GPU - the most powerful consumer graphics card in the world.

As noted by Wccftech , this comes from Yadim Yuryev (from Max Tech on YouTube), who shares his expectation of the M4 Ultra scoring 330,000 on the Geekbench 6 test using the OpenCL API. This beats the RTX 4090s current
OpenCL score of 317,379, with the M4 Max sitting at 192,812.

Based on rumors of the M4 Ultra doubling the M4 Maxs GPU cores , Yuryevs projection appears plausible, at least for both Vulkan and OpenCL APIs which are responsible for 3D graphics rendering allowing developers to optimize games for different GPU hardware. He claims the GPU scaling from the leaked
M4 Pro score to M4 Max is 78% higher performance, with a safe bet of the M4 Ultra maintaining worse scaling at 70% higher performance with the estimated 330,000 score.

This could place the M4 Ultra above Nvidias flagship GPU if accurate, but its important to note that this wouldnt be across the board - this is an early benchmark test, after all, and the M4 Ultra hasnt even been announced by Apple, so this performance claim is based on extrapolating M4 Max results, which obviously isnt an exact science.

While Apple continues to work on expanding the Mac gaming library , there are still far too many popular games that arent available on the platform, but this is a step in the right direction for the Cupertino company. (Image credit: Nvidia/Future) What could this mean for Apples place within the
gaming market?

Considering the rumors regarding specifications, its clear that Apple is packing some serious power with the M4 chips. The projected M4 Ultra performance in the aforementioned APIs could finally allow Macs to compete with the best gaming laptops and gaming PCs.

Should we be surprised? I dont think so - especially after CD Projekt Reds announcement of Cyberpunk 2077 making its way over to the platform. Its one
of the most demanding games in this generation in terms of system requirements, so I think that alone should act as a strong indication of just how powerful the M4 chips could be (specifically the M4 Ultra) - and how confident Apple is about the gaming performance of its latest devices.

Defeating Nvidias RTX 4090 in graphical performance (even if by a little) is
a feat that must not be understated, and this could be the time for Apple
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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/gpu/watch-out-nvidia-new-benchmarks-sugges t-apple-m4-ultra-could-beat-the-mighty-rtx-4090


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