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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 vs Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
VS
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Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070, 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
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 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 1070
vs
M5 GPU (10-Core)

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
89
52
42
24
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
85
67
46
24
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
133
93
66
32
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
70
62
50
23
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
46
36
28
14
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
55
49
31
22
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
41
32
25
12
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
46
41
23
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
76
73
49
22
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High71n/a
1080p Ultra56n/a
1440p Ultra40n/a
4K Ultra20n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
5844
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
n/a
Time Spy6091n/a
Solar Bay15809n/a
Port Royal1275n/a
Fire Strike18707n/a
Night Raid72273n/a
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
53429
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
75777
Background Blur142.3 frames/sn/a
Face Detection65.1 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection2.2 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection3.23 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur3.74 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching0.3 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching195.6 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics5161.6 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070], [Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
13504
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
n/a
G2D Mark847n/a
DirectX 11100 fpsn/a
DirectX 1248 fpsn/a
GPU Compute6129 Ops/sn/a
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
75.4 fps
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)423.4 fpsn/a
Car Chase391.1 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)360 fpsn/a
T-Rex1942.3 fpsn/a
ALU 25965.8 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2271.6 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2186n/a
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
n/a
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
13289
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
n/a
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
24800
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
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 January, 10, 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 GP104 Custom
Price 379 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1506 MHz n/a
Boost GPU Frequency 1683 MHz 2240 MHz
Shader Units 1920 1280
TMUs 120 80
ROPs 64 40
Execution Units 15 160
Ray Tracing Cores No n/a
Tensor Cores No n/a
L1 cache 48 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 2000 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 108 Gpix/sec 90 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 202 GTex/s 179 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS 5.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 Custom
TGP 150 W n/a
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 16 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 314 mm² n/a
Transistor count 7 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 22.29 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR5 System Shared
Memory Frequency 2002 MHz n/a
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 8 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
256.3 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 1070 the clear winner in this comparison.

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