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Comparing Apple M4 Max (40-Core) vs. NVIDIA GeForce RTX A5000

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 M4 Max (40-Core) is 3% slower than the RTX A5000

Averaged over 2 rendering benchmarks, the RTX A5000 leads in 1 of them. The biggest gap is in V-Ray, where the RTX A5000 scores 35% higher.

563* · Apple M4 Max (40-Core)
646 · RTX A5000
16,100 · Apple M4 Max (40-Core)
15,762* · RTX A5000
1,694 · Apple M4 Max (40-Core)
2,286 · RTX A5000
5,969 · Apple M4 Max (40-Core)
4,672 · RTX A5000

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

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Price and value

Apple M4 Max (40-Core) No reliable price in United States Fewer than five shops list it new.
RTX A5000 No reliable price in United States Fewer than five shops list it new.

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frames at min per frame on the Apple M4 Max (40-Core)
Apple M4 Max (40-Core)
20 h 50 min
RTX A5000
15 h 26 min
Drop & Render
8 min 116× faster
Sapphire 16 min €42.83
Emerald 11 min €68.52
Diamond 8 min €128.48

Estimated with our live price calculator for 250 frames. Local times scale with V-Ray benchmark scores; farm times assume enough free nodes. From €42.83 on Sapphire.

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Ranking by benchmarks

OctaneBench 2025

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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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