Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop vs Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop, vs Apple M5 GPU (8-Core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop and Apple M5 GPU (8-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
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 (8-Core)
4481
Time Spy12514n/a
Solar Bay5441619794
Port Royal7379n/a
Fire Strike29944n/a
Night Raid113930n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
115081
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
n/a
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 (8-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 (8-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 (8-Core)
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
34404
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
16559
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
n/a
Image Classification (SP)8642n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)20635n/a
Horizon Detection26378n/a
Face Detection (HP)39776n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)105983n/a
Text Classification (SP)2995n/a
Machine Translation (HP)4507n/a
Object Detection (SP)10198n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)41078n/a
Style Transfer (SP)190315n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
3619.97
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
n/a

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 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 1620 MHz
Shader Units 4608 1024
TMUs 144 64
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 36 128
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 52 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 177-313 GTex/s 104 GTex/s
FLOPS 11.3-20 TFLOPS 3.3 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 9600 MHz
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 (8-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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