Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop vs Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop, vs Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop 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
124
78
64
44
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
135
114
80
42
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
201
148
110
55
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
104
95
74
41
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
76
65
45
23
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
93
84
61
39
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
73
56
43
25
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
82
73
42
18
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
123
112
81
45
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High112n/a
1080p Ultra92n/a
1440p Ultra67n/a
4K Ultra37n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
10197
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
8594
Time Spy10423n/a
Solar Bay4497339437
Port Royal5820n/a
Fire Strike26478n/a
Night Raid98514n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
97986
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
75207
Background Blur142.7 frames/s153.3 frames/s
Face Detection103.7 frames/s101 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.83 Gpix/sec2.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.93 Gpix/sec4.09 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.63 Gpix/sec3.69 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.27 Gpix/sec0.84 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching430.4 Gpix/sec212.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics13519.5 fps9757.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
17587
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
n/a
G2D Mark733n/a
DirectX 11158 fpsn/a
DirectX 1273 fpsn/a
GPU Compute6845 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
119.7 fps
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)725.1 fpsn/a
Car Chase609.6 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)484.8 fpsn/a
T-Rex2723.3 fpsn/a
ALU 23299.3 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2272.9 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation3381.9n/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
n/a
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
18459
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
n/a
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
32720
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
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 February, 22, 2023 March, 3, 2026
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Professional
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Apple M GPU
Codename AD107 (GN21-X4) Custom

GPU

GPU Frequency 1140-2295 MHz n/a
Boost GPU Frequency 1470-2370 MHz 1620 MHz
Shader Units 3072 2048
TMUs 96 128
ROPs 48 64
Execution Units 24 256
Ray Tracing Cores 24 n/a
Tensor Cores 96 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 32000 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 71-114 Gpix/sec 104 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 141-228 GTex/s 207 GTex/s
FLOPS 9-14.6 TFLOPS 6.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 Custom
TGP 35-140 W n/a
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 156 mm² n/a
Transistor count 18.9 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 121.15 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6 System Shared
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 9600 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 8 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
256 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 8.9 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a n/a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 No

Results

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