Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core) vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core), vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core) and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
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
223
170
153
119
The Witcher 3
37
25
0
0
235
215
152
83
Counter-Strike 2
0
0
0
0
302
224
170
85
Far Cry 6
0
0
0
0
179
161
143
89
Hogwarts Legacy
0
0
0
0
157
130
107
60
COD Modern Warfare 3
0
0
0
0
219
207
163
111
Ghost of Tsushima
0
0
0
0
144
123
110
66
Cyberpunk 2077
0
0
0
0
192
176
117
57
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
0
0
0
0
280
268
198
107
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a215
1080p Ultran/a186
1440p Ultran/a146
4K Ultran/a86
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
17182
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
29778
Time Spyn/a27685
Solar Bayn/a133263
Port Royaln/a19321
Fire Striken/a66550
Night Raidn/a187880
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
147719
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
240508
Background Blur204.5 frames/s297.9 frames/s
Face Detection126 frames/s218.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.53 Gpix/sec10.1 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.7 Gpix/sec13.9 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.5 Gpix/sec14.8 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.05 Gpix/sec2.03 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching560.3 Gpix/sec1290 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics25267.8 fps35438.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
32819
G2D Markn/a1335
DirectX 11n/a300 fps
DirectX 12n/a127 fps
GPU Computen/a20169 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
375.1 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
296.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)831.5 fps1021.4 fps
Car Chase517.6 fps973.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1083.9 fps885.2 fps
T-Rex3144.1 fps3379.4 fps
ALU 22765.4 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2570.2 fpsn/a
APIMetalOpenGL
OSOS XWindows
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
21356
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
36504
GB6 ML Half Precision
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
23530
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
64459
GB6 ML Quantized
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
21706
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
27312
Image Classification (SP)809414913
Image Segmentation (HP)2459545199
Horizon Detection2519039360
Face Detection (HP)3833784188
Pose Estimation (Q)111021161400
Text Classification (SP)27864010
Machine Translation (HP)43397973
Object Detection (SP)766818934
Depth Estimation (Q)3748867761
Style Transfer (SP)244483335879
FrameworkCore MLONNX
BackendGPUDirectML

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
7492.44
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
7461.05

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Apple Nvidia
Build Integrated Discrete
Announced March, 5, 2025 January, 7, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Professional Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Apple M GPU Blackwell 2.0
Codename Custom GB203-200

GPU

GPU Frequency n/a 2295 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency n/a 2452 MHz
Shader Units 10240 8960
TMUs 640 280
ROPs 320 96
Execution Units 1280 70
Ray Tracing Cores n/a 70
Tensor Cores n/a 280
L1 cache n/a 128 KB/core
L2 cache n/a 48000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate n/a 235 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate n/a 687 GTex/s
FLOPS n/a 43.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface Custom PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 140 W 300 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Max temperature 100 °C n/a
Transistor Size n/a 378 mm²
Transistor count 184 billion 45.6 billion
Transistor density n/a 120.63 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface System Shared GDDR7
Memory Frequency 6400 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 1024 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed n/a 28000 MB/s
Memory Size n/a 16 GB
Max Throughput
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
819.3 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
896 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

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

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Total Votes: 2

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