Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile vs Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile, vs Apple M5 GPU (8-Core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 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
67
38
28
14
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
49
41
28
14
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
89
60
39
16
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
51
46
31
15
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
30
21
16
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
37
30
21
14
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
28
20
14
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
30
26
17
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
55
49
32
18
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High48n/a
1080p Ultra37n/a
1440p Ultra25n/a
4K Ultra13n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
3956
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
4481
Time Spy3908n/a
Solar Bay1900319794
Port Royal413n/a
Fire Strike10196n/a
Night Raid45167n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
42967
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
n/a
Background Blur73.3 frames/sn/a
Face Detection39.7 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection1.65 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection2.13 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur2.06 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching0.55 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching191.1 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics5921.5 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
7774
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
n/a
G2D Mark481n/a
DirectX 1148 fpsn/a
DirectX 1242 fpsn/a
GPU Compute3639 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
51 fps
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)262.9 fpsn/a
Car Chase255.7 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)207.6 fpsn/a
T-Rex950.2 fpsn/a
ALU 21377.4 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2232.9 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation1502.2n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Apple
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced December, 17, 2021 March, 3, 2026
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Professional
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ampere Apple M GPU
Codename GA107 Custom

GPU

GPU Frequency 735-1185 MHz n/a
Boost GPU Frequency 1245-1477 MHz 1620 MHz
Shader Units 2048 1024
TMUs 64 64
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units 16 128
Ray Tracing Cores 32 n/a
Tensor Cores 64 n/a
L1 cache 64 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 2000 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 40-47 Gpix/sec 52 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 80-95 GTex/s 104 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.1-6 TFLOPS 3.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 Custom
TGP 30-45 W n/a
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 200 mm² n/a
Transistor count 8 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 40 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 9600 MHz
Bus 64 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 4 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
112 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 8.6 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a n/a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile the clear winner in this comparison.

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