Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti vs Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, vs Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 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
186
129
117
86
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
202
173
123
67
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
272
215
154
85
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
152
144
126
77
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
132
106
85
47
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
166
158
123
80
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
116
99
81
51
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
146
130
89
42
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
236
220
169
92
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High179n/a
1080p Ultra153n/a
1440p Ultra119n/a
4K Ultra70n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
21408
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
8594
Time Spy19630n/a
Solar Bay9648939437
Port Royal13261n/a
Fire Strike47892n/a
Night Raid143788n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
196756
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
75207
Background Blur239.8 frames/s153.3 frames/s
Face Detection156.8 frames/s101 frames/s
Horizon Detection10.8 Gpix/sec2.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection14.8 Gpix/sec4.09 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.9 Gpix/sec3.69 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.53 Gpix/sec0.84 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching889.6 Gpix/sec212.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics26054.6 fps9757.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
26944
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
n/a
G2D Mark1088n/a
DirectX 11223 fpsn/a
DirectX 12111 fpsn/a
GPU Compute15428 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
227.3 fps
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1039 fpsn/a
Car Chase860.8 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)743.2 fpsn/a
T-Rex3834.2 fpsn/a
ALU 26702 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2296.1 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation6622.8n/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
18459
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
32720
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 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 January, 3, 2021 March, 3, 2026
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Professional
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Ampere Apple M GPU
Codename GA102 Custom
Price 1199 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1365 MHz n/a
Boost GPU Frequency 1665 MHz 1620 MHz
Shader Units 10240 2048
TMUs 320 128
ROPs 112 64
Execution Units 80 256
Ray Tracing Cores 80 n/a
Tensor Cores 320 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 6000 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 186 Gpix/sec 104 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 533 GTex/s 207 GTex/s
FLOPS 34.1 TFLOPS 6.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 Custom
TGP 350 W n/a
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 628 mm² n/a
Transistor count 28 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 44.59 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6X System Shared
Memory Frequency 1188 MHz 9600 MHz
Bus 384 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 19000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 12 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
912 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

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

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