Apple M4 Pro GPU (20-core) vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 Pro GPU (20-core), vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 Pro GPU (20-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
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
134
87
79
56
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
154
130
95
48
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
225
174
124
69
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
115
107
84
49
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
90
72
55
29
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
108
101
72
48
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
82
67
49
29
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
94
86
51
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
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 M4 Pro GPU (20-core)
7834
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Apple M4 Pro GPU (20-core)
70029
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
108121
Background Blur125.1 frames/s171 frames/s
Face Detection80 frames/s112.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.88 Gpix/sec3.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.22 Gpix/sec5.06 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.98 Gpix/sec5.45 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.8 Gpix/sec1.24 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching235 Gpix/sec515.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics9516.1 fps16147.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Apple M4 Pro GPU (20-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 M4 Pro GPU (20-core)
125.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)757.5 fpsn/a
Car Chase576.2 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)473.2 fpsn/a
T-Rex2148.5 fpsn/a
ALU 2912.2 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2535.8 fpsn/a
APIMetaln/a
OSOS Xn/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Apple M4 Pro GPU (20-core)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
18679
GB6 ML Half Precision
Apple M4 Pro GPU (20-core)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
35323
GB6 ML Quantized
Apple M4 Pro GPU (20-core)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
14707
Image Classification (SP)n/a7525
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a23623
Horizon Detectionn/a19973
Face Detection (HP)n/a41164
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a77589
Text Classification (SP)n/a2880
Machine Translation (HP)n/a5811
Object Detection (SP)n/a9966
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a37206
Style Transfer (SP)n/a136961
Frameworkn/aONNX
Backendn/aDirectML

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Apple Nvidia
Build Integrated Discrete
Announced October, 29, 2024 April, 14, 2025
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Professional Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Apple M GPU Blackwell 2.0
Codename Custom GB207

GPU

GPU Frequency 500 MHz 920-1430 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1800 MHz 1455-2497 MHz
Shader Units 2560 3328
TMUs 160 104
ROPs 80 48
Execution Units 320 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 144 Gpix/sec 70-120 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 288 GTex/s 151-260 GTex/s
FLOPS 9.2 TFLOPS 9.7-16.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface Custom PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 32 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 n/a 21.9 billion
Transistor density n/a 120.99 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface System Shared GDDR7
Memory Frequency 7500 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 15000 MB/s 28000 MB/s
Memory Size n/a 8 GB
Max Throughput
Apple M4 Pro GPU (20-core)
273 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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