Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop vs Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop, vs Apple M5 GPU (10-Core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Review
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
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonBenchmarks
| Image Classification (SP) | n/a | 6348 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | n/a | 16813 |
| Horizon Detection | n/a | 30322 |
| Face Detection (HP) | n/a | 34387 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | n/a | 111591 |
| Text Classification (SP) | n/a | 2319 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | n/a | 5555 |
| Object Detection (SP) | n/a | 6450 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | n/a | 53195 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | n/a | 82314 |
| Framework | n/a | Core ML |
| Backend | n/a | GPU |
Blender
Tech Specs
Specs & test comparisonGeneral Info
| Manufacturer | Nvidia | Apple |
| Build | Discrete | Integrated |
| Announced | June, 24, 2025 | October, 15, 2025 |
| Form Factor | Laptop use | Laptop use |
| Use case | Gaming | Professional |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | Apple M GPU |
| Codename | GB207 | Custom |
GPU
| GPU Frequency | 2235-2520 MHz | n/a |
| Boost GPU Frequency | 1500-2662 MHz | 2240 MHz |
| Shader Units | 2560 | 1280 |
| TMUs | 80 | 80 |
| ROPs | 32 | 40 |
| Execution Units | 20 | 160 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 20 | n/a |
| Tensor Cores | 80 | 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 | 48-85 Gpix/sec | 90 Gpix/sec |
| Texture Fill Rate | 120-213 GTex/s | 179 GTex/s |
| FLOPS | 7.7-13.6 TFLOPS | 5.7 TFLOPS |
Process
| Interface | IGP | Custom |
| TGP | 35-100 W | n/a |
| Process | TSMC | TSMC |
| Process tech. | 5 nm | 3 nm |
| Max temperature | n/a | 100 °C |
| Transistor count | n/a | 28 billion |
Memory
| Interface | GDDR7 | System Shared |
| Memory Frequency | 1750 MHz | n/a |
| Bus | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| ECC support | No | No |
| Effective Memory Speed | 24000 MB/s | n/a |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | n/a |
Max Throughput
API
| DirectX | 12.2 | n/a |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | n/a |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | n/a |
| CUDA | 12.0 | n/a |
| DisplayPort | 2.1b | n/a |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 4 | No |
Results
After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.
Survey
Total Votes: 3