Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER, vs Apple M5 GPU (8-Core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 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
88
53
43
26
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
80
63
43
22
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
131
93
68
28
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
71
62
46
23
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
44
36
28
13
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
56
44
32
20
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
43
34
22
13
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
44
39
22
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
77
71
47
23
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High70n/a
1080p Ultra55n/a
1440p Ultra39n/a
4K Ultra20n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
5672
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
4481
Time Spy6047n/a
Solar Bay1926519794
Port Royal1549n/a
Fire Strike16183n/a
Night Raid74430n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
67074
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
n/a
Background Blur122.5 frames/sn/a
Face Detection68.6 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection2.56 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection3.33 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur3.21 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching0.86 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching273.3 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics8476.3 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
12712
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
n/a
G2D Mark804n/a
DirectX 11103 fpsn/a
DirectX 1249 fpsn/a
GPU Compute5099 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
70.2 fps
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)396.1 fpsn/a
Car Chase339.7 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)304.7 fpsn/a
T-Rex1502.8 fpsn/a
ALU 21607.1 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2272.1 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation1760.2n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Apple
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced October, 29, 2019 March, 3, 2026
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Professional
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Turing Apple M GPU
Codename TU116 Custom
Price 229 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1530 MHz n/a
Boost GPU Frequency 1785 MHz 1620 MHz
Shader Units 1408 1024
TMUs 88 64
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 22 128
Ray Tracing Cores No n/a
Tensor Cores No n/a
L1 cache 64 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 1536 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 86 Gpix/sec 52 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 157 GTex/s 104 GTex/s
FLOPS 5 TFLOPS 3.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 Custom
TGP 125 W n/a
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 284 mm² n/a
Transistor count 6 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 21.13 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 9600 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 6 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
336 GB/s
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
153 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 n/a
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenGL 4.6 n/a
CUDA 7.5 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a n/a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER the clear winner in this comparison.

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