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Comparing Apple M3 Max (40-Core) vs. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti

Below you can compare the latest GPU-s across multiple benchmarks. Explore detailed graphs, performance scores, and rankings to quickly find the model that best suits your workflow and creative needs.

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Verdict

The Apple M3 Max (40-Core) is 11% slower than the RTX 4060 Ti

Averaged over 3 rendering benchmarks, the RTX 4060 Ti leads in 2 of them. The biggest gap is in V-Ray, where the RTX 4060 Ti scores 43% higher.

426* · Apple M3 Max (40-Core)
387 · RTX 4060 Ti
12,980 · Apple M3 Max (40-Core)
15,482 · RTX 4060 Ti
1,492 · Apple M3 Max (40-Core)
2,133 · RTX 4060 Ti
4,618 · Apple M3 Max (40-Core)
3,803 · RTX 4060 Ti

Scores marked with * are estimated from the other benchmarks we have for that device.

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Price and value

Apple M3 Max (40-Core) No reliable price in United States Fewer than five shops list it new.
RTX 4060 Ti $657 Typical lowest new price, 5 shops

Google Shopping United States: typical lowest new price on 27 Oct 2026, excl. sales tax

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frames at min per frame on the Apple M3 Max (40-Core)
Apple M3 Max (40-Core)
20 h 50 min
RTX 4060 Ti
14 h 34 min
Drop & Render
7 min 125× faster
Sapphire 14 min €39.15
Emerald 10 min €62.64
Diamond 7 min €117.45

Estimated with our live price calculator for 250 frames. Local times scale with V-Ray benchmark scores; farm times assume enough free nodes. From €39.15 on Sapphire.

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Ranking by benchmarks

OctaneBench 2025

Cinebench 2024

V-Ray benchmark

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Methodology

Our data above is compiled from multiple sources:

  • Our own benchmarks: We conduct extensive testing with the GPU and CPU models we use on the farm. Over the past 10 years we have tested over 1,000 GPUs and 500 CPUs.

  • Model scores: Once we have two or more benchmarks for a device we can perform some machine learning computations to estimate a realistic score in any of the other benchmarks we list. These are always marked with an asterisk (*), and while usually accurate shouldn't be taken as the complete truth.

  • Public benchmark data: We may supplement our dataset with scores from public OctaneBench, V-Ray Benchmark and Blender Benchmark websites. We cannot test every device available ourselves, so this gives us a nice alternative to get You the results you are looking for.

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