Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop vs Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop, vs Apple M5 GPU (8-Core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 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
134
87
79
56
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
154
130
95
48
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
225
174
124
69
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
115
107
84
49
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
90
72
55
29
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
108
101
72
48
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
82
67
49
29
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
94
86
51
26
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
149
136
100
53
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High128n/a
1080p Ultra107n/a
1440p Ultra79n/a
4K Ultra45n/a
DeviationMediumn/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
4481
Solar Bayn/a19794
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
108121
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
n/a
Background Blur171 frames/sn/a
Face Detection112.1 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection3.82 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection5.06 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur5.45 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching1.24 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching515.3 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics16147.9 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
19708
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
n/a
G2D Mark779n/a
DirectX 11185 fpsn/a
DirectX 1272 fpsn/a
GPU Compute8422 Ops/sn/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
18679
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
35323
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
14707
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
n/a
Image Classification (SP)7525n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)23623n/a
Horizon Detection19973n/a
Face Detection (HP)41164n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)77589n/a
Text Classification (SP)2880n/a
Machine Translation (HP)5811n/a
Object Detection (SP)9966n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)37206n/a
Style Transfer (SP)136961n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Apple
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced April, 14, 2025 March, 3, 2026
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 920-1430 MHz n/a
Boost GPU Frequency 1455-2497 MHz 1620 MHz
Shader Units 3328 1024
TMUs 104 64
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 26 128
Ray Tracing Cores 26 n/a
Tensor Cores 104 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 70-120 Gpix/sec 52 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 151-260 GTex/s 104 GTex/s
FLOPS 9.7-16.6 TFLOPS 3.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 Custom
TGP 45-125 W n/a
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 181 mm² n/a
Transistor count 21.9 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR7 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 9600 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 8 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
448 GB/s
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
153 GB/s

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 5060 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

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