Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile vs Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile, vs Apple M5 GPU (8-Core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile and Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
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
52
31
23
14
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
40
31
19
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
71
51
34
13
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
43
39
26
14
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
23
20
14
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
33
30
18
12
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
22
15
13
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
25
20
12
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
43
41
24
13
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High39n/a
1080p Ultra31n/a
1440p Ultra20n/a
4K Ultra11n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile
3247
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
4481
Time Spy3443n/a
Solar Bayn/a19794
Port Royal6905n/a
Fire Strike9305n/a
Night Raid40408n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile
40588
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
n/a
Background Blur74.4 frames/sn/a
Face Detection42 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection1.47 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection1.93 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur1.81 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching0.52 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching187 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics5347.1 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile
6968
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
n/a
G2D Mark384n/a
DirectX 1150 fpsn/a
DirectX 1227 fpsn/a
GPU Compute2750 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile
47.5 fps
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)251.1 fpsn/a
Car Chase240.5 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)200.6 fpsn/a
T-Rex931.9 fpsn/a
ALU 21021.5 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2270.6 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation1151.2n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Apple
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced April, 15, 2020 March, 3, 2026
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Professional
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Turing Apple M GPU
Codename TU117 Custom

GPU

GPU Frequency 1380 MHz n/a
Boost GPU Frequency 1560 MHz 1620 MHz
Shader Units 1024 1024
TMUs 64 64
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units 16 128
Ray Tracing Cores No n/a
Tensor Cores No n/a
L1 cache 64 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 1024 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 50 Gpix/sec 52 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 100 GTex/s 104 GTex/s
FLOPS 3.2 TFLOPS 3.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 Custom
TGP 50 W n/a
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 200 mm² n/a
Transistor count 4.7 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 23.5 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1500 MHz 9600 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 12000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 4 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile
192 GB/s
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
153 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 n/a
Vulkan 1.2 n/a
OpenGL 4.6 n/a
CUDA 7.5 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4 n/a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile the clear winner in this comparison.

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