Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) vs Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB), vs Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) and Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-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
159
104
97
69
0
0
0
0
The Witcher 3
183
147
107
58
37
25
0
0
Counter-Strike 2
259
203
141
82
0
0
0
0
Far Cry 6
139
129
109
63
0
0
0
0
Hogwarts Legacy
110
89
70
37
0
0
0
0
COD Modern Warfare 3
136
126
98
63
0
0
0
0
Ghost of Tsushima
98
81
65
38
0
0
0
0
Cyberpunk 2077
118
107
71
32
0
0
0
0
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
183
172
128
73
0
0
0
0
Avg FPS
1080p High154n/a
1080p Ultra129n/a
1440p Ultra98n/a
4K Ultra57n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
16113
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
17182
Time Spy15957n/a
Solar Bay74417n/a
Port Royal10146n/a
Fire Strike42385n/a
Night Raid141185n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
148626
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
147719
Background Blur243.1 frames/s204.5 frames/s
Face Detection149.5 frames/s126 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.35 Gpix/sec6.53 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.88 Gpix/sec10.7 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.76 Gpix/sec9.5 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.57 Gpix/sec1.05 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching740.2 Gpix/sec560.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics22183.7 fps25267.8 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
22479
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
n/a
G2D Mark1200n/a
DirectX 11217 fpsn/a
DirectX 1286 fpsn/a
GPU Compute12135 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
n/a
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
375.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a831.5 fps
Car Chasen/a517.6 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a1083.9 fps
T-Rexn/a3144.1 fps
ALU 2n/a2765.4 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a570.2 fps
APIn/aMetal
OSn/aOS X
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
24763
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
21356
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
47486
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
23530
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
18826
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
21706
Image Classification (SP)102818094
Image Segmentation (HP)2990924595
Horizon Detection2654925190
Face Detection (HP)5901038337
Pose Estimation (Q)117200111021
Text Classification (SP)39932786
Machine Translation (HP)66474339
Object Detection (SP)127427668
Depth Estimation (Q)4485637488
Style Transfer (SP)175892244483
FrameworkONNXCore ML
BackendDirectMLGPU

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
4348.58
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
7492.44

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Apple
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced April, 15, 2025 March, 5, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Professional
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Apple M GPU
Codename GB206-300 Custom

GPU

GPU Frequency 2407 MHz n/a
Boost GPU Frequency 2572 MHz n/a
Shader Units 4608 10240
TMUs 144 640
ROPs 48 320
Execution Units 36 1280
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 123 Gpix/sec n/a
Texture Fill Rate 370 GTex/s n/a
FLOPS 23.7 TFLOPS n/a

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 Custom
TGP 180 W 140 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 263 mm² n/a
Transistor count 31.1 billion 184 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR7 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 6400 MHz
Bus 128 bit 1024 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 16 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
448 GB/s
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
819.3 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

No clear favorite identified yet; updates may follow as new data arrives.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
2 (100%)
0 (0%)
Total Votes: 2

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