Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) vs Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB), 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 (8GB) 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
161
104
94
72
0
0
0
0
The Witcher 3
177
152
109
59
37
25
0
0
Counter-Strike 2
266
199
143
82
0
0
0
0
Far Cry 6
137
127
108
67
0
0
0
0
Hogwarts Legacy
109
91
69
39
0
0
0
0
COD Modern Warfare 3
139
130
96
63
0
0
0
0
Ghost of Tsushima
96
82
63
37
0
0
0
0
Cyberpunk 2077
121
106
68
30
0
0
0
0
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
186
176
130
70
0
0
0
0
Avg FPS
1080p High155n/a
1080p Ultra130n/a
1440p Ultra98n/a
4K Ultra58n/a
DeviationHighn/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
16164
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
17182
Time Spy15883n/a
Solar Bay75679n/a
Port Royal10187n/a
Fire Strike42670n/a
Night Raid147785n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
134677
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
147719
Background Blurn/a204.5 frames/s
Face Detectionn/a126 frames/s
Horizon Detectionn/a6.53 Gpix/sec
Edge Detectionn/a10.7 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blurn/a9.5 Gpix/sec
Feature Matchingn/a1.05 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matchingn/a560.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physicsn/a25267.8 fps
APIn/aOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
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 (8GB)
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 (8GB)
n/a
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
21356
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
n/a
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
23530
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
n/a
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
21706
Image Classification (SP)n/a8094
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a24595
Horizon Detectionn/a25190
Face Detection (HP)n/a38337
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a111021
Text Classification (SP)n/a2786
Machine Translation (HP)n/a4339
Object Detection (SP)n/a7668
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a37488
Style Transfer (SP)n/a244483
Frameworkn/aCore ML
Backendn/aGPU

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
4313.42
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 8 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
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?
0 (0%)
3 (100%)
Total Votes: 3

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