Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER vs Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER, vs Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER and Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-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
184
128
116
89
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
204
175
127
68
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
283
214
156
83
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
157
142
127
76
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
132
110
87
48
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
171
165
128
83
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
118
99
85
50
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
154
136
92
40
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
242
224
176
93
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High183n/a
1080p Ultra155n/a
1440p Ultra122n/a
4K Ultra70n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
21558
Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
10059
Time Spy20901n/a
Solar Bay9790046898
Port Royal13112n/a
Fire Strike50143n/a
Night Raid164308n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
206598
Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
87961
Background Blur359.5 frames/s177.6 frames/s
Face Detection210 frames/s114.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection7.61 Gpix/sec3.19 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.4 Gpix/sec4.45 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.3 Gpix/sec4.59 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.97 Gpix/sec0.96 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching969.3 Gpix/sec250.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics29061.4 fps12529.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
29967
Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
n/a
G2D Mark1178n/a
DirectX 11274 fpsn/a
DirectX 12108 fpsn/a
GPU Compute17275 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
219.6 fps
Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1132.4 fpsn/a
Car Chase981.8 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)840.6 fpsn/a
T-Rex4325.3 fpsn/a
ALU 26890.2 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2290.1 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation7090.8n/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
n/a
Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
20378
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
n/a
Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
35427
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
n/a
Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
34316
Image Classification (SP)n/a8870
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a28795
Horizon Detectionn/a34820
Face Detection (HP)n/a55699
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a212347
Text Classification (SP)n/a3018
Machine Translation (HP)n/a9102
Object Detection (SP)n/a8163
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a70908
Style Transfer (SP)n/a152297
Frameworkn/aCore ML
Backendn/aGPU

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Apple
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced January, 17, 2024 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 AD104 Custom
Price 599 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1980 MHz n/a
Boost GPU Frequency 2475 MHz 1620 MHz
Shader Units 7168 2560
TMUs 224 160
ROPs 80 80
Execution Units 56 320
Ray Tracing Cores 56 n/a
Tensor Cores 224 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 48000 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 198 Gpix/sec 130 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 554 GTex/s 259 GTex/s
FLOPS 35.5 TFLOPS 8.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 Custom
TGP 220 W 28 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 294 mm² n/a
Transistor count 35 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 119.05 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6X System Shared
Memory Frequency 1313 MHz 9600 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 21000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 12 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
504.2 GB/s
Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-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

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

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