Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core) vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core), vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core) and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
0
0
0
0
134
87
79
56
The Witcher 3
37
25
0
0
154
130
95
48
Counter-Strike 2
0
0
0
0
225
174
124
69
Far Cry 6
0
0
0
0
115
107
84
49
Hogwarts Legacy
0
0
0
0
90
72
55
29
COD Modern Warfare 3
0
0
0
0
108
101
72
48
Ghost of Tsushima
0
0
0
0
82
67
49
29
Cyberpunk 2077
0
0
0
0
94
86
51
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
0
0
0
0
149
136
100
53
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a128
1080p Ultran/a107
1440p Ultran/a79
4K Ultran/a45
Deviationn/aMedium

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
17182
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
147719
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
108121
Background Blur204.5 frames/s171 frames/s
Face Detection126 frames/s112.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.53 Gpix/sec3.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.7 Gpix/sec5.06 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.5 Gpix/sec5.45 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.05 Gpix/sec1.24 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching560.3 Gpix/sec515.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics25267.8 fps16147.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
19708
G2D Markn/a779
DirectX 11n/a185 fps
DirectX 12n/a72 fps
GPU Computen/a8422 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
375.1 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)831.5 fpsn/a
Car Chase517.6 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1083.9 fpsn/a
T-Rex3144.1 fpsn/a
ALU 22765.4 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2570.2 fpsn/a
APIMetaln/a
OSOS Xn/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
21356
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
18679
GB6 ML Half Precision
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
23530
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
35323
GB6 ML Quantized
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
21706
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
14707
Image Classification (SP)80947525
Image Segmentation (HP)2459523623
Horizon Detection2519019973
Face Detection (HP)3833741164
Pose Estimation (Q)11102177589
Text Classification (SP)27862880
Machine Translation (HP)43395811
Object Detection (SP)76689966
Depth Estimation (Q)3748837206
Style Transfer (SP)244483136961
FrameworkCore MLONNX
BackendGPUDirectML

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
7492.44
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Apple Nvidia
Build Integrated Discrete
Announced March, 5, 2025 April, 14, 2025
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Professional Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Apple M GPU Blackwell 2.0
Codename Custom GB207

GPU

GPU Frequency n/a 920-1430 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency n/a 1455-2497 MHz
Shader Units 10240 3328
TMUs 640 104
ROPs 320 48
Execution Units 1280 26
Ray Tracing Cores n/a 26
Tensor Cores n/a 104
L1 cache n/a 128 KB/core
L2 cache n/a 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate n/a 70-120 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate n/a 151-260 GTex/s
FLOPS n/a 9.7-16.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface Custom PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 140 W 45-125 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Max temperature 100 °C n/a
Transistor Size n/a 181 mm²
Transistor count 184 billion 21.9 billion
Transistor density n/a 120.99 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface System Shared GDDR7
Memory Frequency 6400 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 1024 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed n/a 28000 MB/s
Memory Size n/a 8 GB
Max Throughput
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
819.3 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
448 GB/s

API

DirectX n/a 12.2
Vulkan n/a 1.4
OpenGL n/a 4.6
CUDA n/a 12.0
DisplayPort n/a 2.1b
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 4

Results

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