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

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 and Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-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

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
127
81
70
49
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
142
114
82
46
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
204
154
114
57
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
107
96
75
42
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
80
66
50
26
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
96
89
64
41
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
74
61
45
25
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
83
74
44
22
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
130
119
87
43
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High116n/a
1080p Ultra95n/a
1440p Ultra70n/a
4K Ultra39n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
10688
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
8594
Time Spy10620n/a
Solar Bay4904039437
Port Royal6050n/a
Fire Strike28559n/a
Night Raid121867n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
106633
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
75207
Background Blur186.9 frames/s153.3 frames/s
Face Detection112.7 frames/s101 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.92 Gpix/sec2.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.16 Gpix/sec4.09 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.94 Gpix/sec3.69 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.34 Gpix/sec0.84 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching446.2 Gpix/sec212.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics14935.1 fps9757.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
19712
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
n/a
G2D Mark1080n/a
DirectX 11174 fpsn/a
DirectX 1277 fpsn/a
GPU Compute9311 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
118.3 fps
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)709 fpsn/a
Car Chase615.4 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)496.1 fpsn/a
T-Rex2635.8 fpsn/a
ALU 23284 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2280.8 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation3372.6n/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
17857
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
18459
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
29214
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
32720
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
14234
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
31852
Image Classification (SP)76968260
Image Segmentation (HP)1370625244
Horizon Detection2328933177
Face Detection (HP)3112651773
Pose Estimation (Q)78361190718
Text Classification (SP)33152913
Machine Translation (HP)34918985
Object Detection (SP)93867777
Depth Estimation (Q)3677863837
Style Transfer (SP)148120128419
FrameworkONNXCore ML
BackendDirectMLGPU

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
3174.4
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Apple
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced May, 18, 2023 March, 3, 2026
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Professional
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Apple M GPU
Codename AD107 Custom

GPU

GPU Frequency 1830 MHz n/a
Boost GPU Frequency 2460 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 24000 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 118 Gpix/sec 104 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 236 GTex/s 207 GTex/s
FLOPS 15.1 TFLOPS 6.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 Custom
TGP 115 W n/a
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 159 mm² n/a
Transistor count 18 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 113.21 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6 System Shared
Memory Frequency n/a 9600 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Memory Size 8 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
272 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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