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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB vs Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
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Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, vs Apple M5 GPU (10-Core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB and Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
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
Processors:
GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
vs
M5 GPU (10-Core)

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
68
37
29
16
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
54
40
26
13
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
96
63
42
18
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
50
45
33
15
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
32
22
18
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
38
32
22
13
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
29
20
16
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
30
26
19
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
57
49
34
18
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High50n/a
1080p Ultra37n/a
1440p Ultra27n/a
4K Ultra13n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
4085
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
n/a
Time Spy4203n/a
Solar Bay11205n/a
Port Royal838n/a
Fire Strike13131n/a
Night Raid54567n/a
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
39230
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
75777
Background Blur100.2 frames/sn/a
Face Detection48.1 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection1.54 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection2.25 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur2.58 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching0.25 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching136.9 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics4220.5 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB], [Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
10080
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
n/a
G2D Mark747n/a
DirectX 1172 fpsn/a
DirectX 1237 fpsn/a
GPU Compute4310 Ops/sn/a
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
54.6 fps
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)309.1 fpsn/a
Car Chase299.9 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)253.8 fpsn/a
T-Rex1307.9 fpsn/a
ALU 25983.8 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2282.6 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation1538.6n/a
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
n/a
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
13289
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
n/a
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
24800
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
n/a
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
23572
Image Classification (SP)n/a6348
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a16813
Horizon Detectionn/a30322
Face Detection (HP)n/a34387
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a111591
Text Classification (SP)n/a2319
Machine Translation (HP)n/a5555
Object Detection (SP)n/a6450
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a53195
Style Transfer (SP)n/a82314
Frameworkn/aCore ML
Backendn/aGPU
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)]

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Apple
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced July, 19, 2016 October, 15, 2025
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Professional
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Pascal Apple M GPU
Codename GP106 Custom
Price 299 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1506 MHz n/a
Boost GPU Frequency 1709 MHz 2240 MHz
Shader Units 1280 1280
TMUs 80 80
ROPs 48 40
Execution Units 10 160
Ray Tracing Cores No n/a
Tensor Cores No n/a
L1 cache 48 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 1536 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 82 Gpix/sec 90 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 137 GTex/s 179 GTex/s
FLOPS 4.4 TFLOPS 5.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 Custom
TGP 120 W n/a
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 16 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 200 mm² n/a
Transistor count 4 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 20 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR5 System Shared
Memory Frequency 2002 MHz n/a
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 6 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
192.2 GB/s
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
153 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 n/a
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenGL 4.6 n/a
CUDA 6.1 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a n/a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB the clear winner in this comparison.

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