Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile vs Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile, vs Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile and Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-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
85
49
41
24
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
81
67
47
24
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
135
94
65
30
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
70
61
45
21
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
43
36
27
14
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
53
47
31
21
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
41
32
23
13
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
44
41
22
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
78
72
47
22
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 RTX 2060 Mobile
5789
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
8594
Time Spy5960n/a
Solar Bay2595539437
Port Royal3328n/a
Fire Strike15850n/a
Night Raid62399n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
73982
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
75207
Background Blur150.7 frames/s153.3 frames/s
Face Detection75.5 frames/s101 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.83 Gpix/sec2.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.68 Gpix/sec4.09 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.08 Gpix/sec3.69 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.89 Gpix/sec0.84 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching257.7 Gpix/sec212.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics9069.6 fps9757.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
11353
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
n/a
G2D Mark540n/a
DirectX 1196 fpsn/a
DirectX 1239 fpsn/a
GPU Compute3992 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
59.7 fps
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)326.8 fpsn/a
Car Chase290.3 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)264.8 fpsn/a
T-Rex1326.4 fpsn/a
ALU 21494.6 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2202.7 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation1656.1n/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
n/a
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
18459
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
n/a
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
32720
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
n/a
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
31852
Image Classification (SP)n/a8260
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a25244
Horizon Detectionn/a33177
Face Detection (HP)n/a51773
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a190718
Text Classification (SP)n/a2913
Machine Translation (HP)n/a8985
Object Detection (SP)n/a7777
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a63837
Style Transfer (SP)n/a128419
Frameworkn/aCore ML
Backendn/aGPU

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Apple
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced January, 29, 2019 March, 3, 2026
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Professional
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Turing Apple M GPU
Codename TU106 (N18E-G1-B) Custom

GPU

GPU Frequency 960 MHz n/a
Boost GPU Frequency 1175-1200 MHz 1620 MHz
Shader Units 1920 2048
TMUs 120 128
ROPs 48 64
Execution Units 30 256
Ray Tracing Cores 30 n/a
Tensor Cores 240 n/a
L1 cache 64 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 3000 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 56-58 Gpix/sec 104 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 141-144 GTex/s 207 GTex/s
FLOPS 4.5-4.6 TFLOPS 6.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 Custom
TGP 80-115 W n/a
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 445 mm² n/a
Transistor count 10.8 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 24.27 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1375 MHz 9600 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 11000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 6 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
264 GB/s
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
307 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 Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 No

Results

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