Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop vs Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop, vs Apple M5 GPU (10-Core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop and Apple M5 GPU (10-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
139
92
79
57
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
163
131
97
52
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
233
180
129
71
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
120
109
88
52
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
90
75
58
28
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
112
104
74
49
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
82
68
54
29
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
96
84
52
24
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
150
135
102
56
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High132n/a
1080p Ultra109n/a
1440p Ultra81n/a
4K Ultra46n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
12551
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
n/a
Time Spy12514n/a
Solar Bay54416n/a
Port Royal7379n/a
Fire Strike29944n/a
Night Raid113930n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
115081
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
75777
Background Blur158.5 frames/sn/a
Face Detection116.5 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection4.35 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection5.67 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur6.44 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching528.5 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics16372.3 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
19587
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
n/a
G2D Mark759n/a
DirectX 11179 fpsn/a
DirectX 1285 fpsn/a
GPU Compute8386 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
135.5 fps
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)799.4 fpsn/a
Car Chase702.5 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)560.4 fpsn/a
T-Rex3084 fpsn/a
ALU 24439.2 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2283.8 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation4604.7n/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
21186
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
13289
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
34404
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
24800
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
16559
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
23572
Image Classification (SP)86426348
Image Segmentation (HP)2063516813
Horizon Detection2637830322
Face Detection (HP)3977634387
Pose Estimation (Q)105983111591
Text Classification (SP)29952319
Machine Translation (HP)45075555
Object Detection (SP)101986450
Depth Estimation (Q)4107853195
Style Transfer (SP)19031582314
FrameworkONNXCore ML
BackendDirectMLGPU

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
3619.97
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Apple
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced February, 22, 2023 October, 15, 2025
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Professional
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Apple M GPU
Codename AD106 (GN21-X6) Custom

GPU

GPU Frequency 735-2070 MHz n/a
Boost GPU Frequency 1230-2175 MHz 2240 MHz
Shader Units 4608 1280
TMUs 144 80
ROPs 48 40
Execution Units 36 160
Ray Tracing Cores 36 n/a
Tensor Cores 144 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 59-104 Gpix/sec 90 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 177-313 GTex/s 179 GTex/s
FLOPS 11.3-20 TFLOPS 5.7 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 186 mm² n/a
Transistor count 22.9 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 123.12 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6 System Shared
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz n/a
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 8 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
256 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 8.9 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a n/a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

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