Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) vs Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB), vs Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) 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
159
104
97
69
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
183
147
107
58
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
259
203
141
82
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
139
129
109
63
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
110
89
70
37
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
136
126
98
63
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
98
81
65
38
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
118
107
71
32
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
183
172
128
73
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
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 M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
10059
Time Spy15957n/a
Solar Bay7441746898
Port Royal10146n/a
Fire Strike42385n/a
Night Raid141185n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
148626
Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
87961
Background Blur243.1 frames/s177.6 frames/s
Face Detection149.5 frames/s114.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.35 Gpix/sec3.19 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.88 Gpix/sec4.45 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.76 Gpix/sec4.59 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.57 Gpix/sec0.96 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching740.2 Gpix/sec250.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics22183.7 fps12529.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
22479
Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
n/a
G2D Mark1200n/a
DirectX 11217 fpsn/a
DirectX 1286 fpsn/a
GPU Compute12135 Ops/sn/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
24763
Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
20378
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
47486
Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
35427
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
18826
Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
34316
Image Classification (SP)102818870
Image Segmentation (HP)2990928795
Horizon Detection2654934820
Face Detection (HP)5901055699
Pose Estimation (Q)117200212347
Text Classification (SP)39933018
Machine Translation (HP)66479102
Object Detection (SP)127428163
Depth Estimation (Q)4485670908
Style Transfer (SP)175892152297
FrameworkONNXCore ML
BackendDirectMLGPU

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
4348.58
Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Apple
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced April, 15, 2025 March, 3, 2026
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Professional
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Apple M GPU
Codename GB206-300 Custom

GPU

GPU Frequency 2407 MHz n/a
Boost GPU Frequency 2572 MHz 1620 MHz
Shader Units 4608 2560
TMUs 144 160
ROPs 48 80
Execution Units 36 320
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 130 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 370 GTex/s 259 GTex/s
FLOPS 23.7 TFLOPS 8.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 Custom
TGP 180 W 28 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 28 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR7 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 9600 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 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 M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
307 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

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