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Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 vs Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
VS
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Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060, 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 RTX 2060 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 RTX 2060
vs
M5 GPU (10-Core)

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
99
62
49
35
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
107
86
62
34
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
157
117
82
41
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
84
74
57
29
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
59
47
33
15
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
69
59
44
30
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
53
42
30
18
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
58
52
32
13
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
92
85
58
33
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High86n/a
1080p Ultra69n/a
1440p Ultra50n/a
4K Ultra28n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
7378
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
n/a
Time Spy7571n/a
Solar Bay34179n/a
Port Royal4134n/a
Fire Strike19768n/a
Night Raid84918n/a
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
78934
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
75777
Background Blur144.4 frames/sn/a
Face Detection75.2 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection3.08 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection4.25 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur4.21 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching0.93 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching354.4 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics8559.4 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060], [Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
14124
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
n/a
G2D Mark747n/a
DirectX 11110 fpsn/a
DirectX 1253 fpsn/a
GPU Compute5513 Ops/sn/a
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
89.8 fps
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)477.6 fpsn/a
Car Chase423 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)370.8 fpsn/a
T-Rex1884.9 fpsn/a
ALU 22192.3 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2281.3 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2405.1n/a
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
n/a
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
13289
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
n/a
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
24800
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
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, 15, 2019 October, 15, 2025
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Professional
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Turing Apple M GPU
Codename TU106 Custom
Price 349 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1365 MHz n/a
Boost GPU Frequency 1680 MHz 2240 MHz
Shader Units 1920 1280
TMUs 120 80
ROPs 48 40
Execution Units 30 160
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 81 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 160 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 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 22.47 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz n/a
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 RTX 2060
336 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 7.5 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a n/a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 the clear winner in this comparison.

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