Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, vs Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 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
132
85
77
55
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
152
123
91
47
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
226
170
122
67
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
114
104
81
47
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
86
70
55
26
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
109
99
69
45
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
82
66
48
30
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
92
83
51
23
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
139
129
97
52
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High126n/a
1080p Ultra103n/a
1440p Ultra77n/a
4K Ultra44n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
11980
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
8594
Time Spy11708n/a
Solar Bay5434439437
Port Royal6969n/a
Fire Strike29561n/a
Night Raid109366n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
115518
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
75207
Background Blur185.1 frames/s153.3 frames/s
Face Detection108.4 frames/s101 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.35 Gpix/sec2.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection7.17 Gpix/sec4.09 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.54 Gpix/sec3.69 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.15 Gpix/sec0.84 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching478 Gpix/sec212.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics15183 fps9757.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
20395
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
n/a
G2D Mark988n/a
DirectX 11163 fpsn/a
DirectX 1279 fpsn/a
GPU Compute10075 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
143 fps
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)733.4 fpsn/a
Car Chase614.3 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)523.6 fpsn/a
T-Rex2676.1 fpsn/a
ALU 23657.2 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2282.8 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation3670n/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
n/a
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
18459
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
n/a
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
32720
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
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 December, 2, 2020 March, 3, 2026
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Professional
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ampere Apple M GPU
Codename GA104 Custom
Price 399 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1410 MHz n/a
Boost GPU Frequency 1665 MHz 1620 MHz
Shader Units 4864 2048
TMUs 152 128
ROPs 80 64
Execution Units 38 256
Ray Tracing Cores 38 n/a
Tensor Cores 152 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 4000 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 133 Gpix/sec 104 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 253 GTex/s 207 GTex/s
FLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS 6.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 Custom
TGP 200 W n/a
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 392 mm² n/a
Transistor count 17 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 43.37 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 9600 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 8 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
448 GB/s
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
307 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 DLSS 2 No

Results

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