Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop vs Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop, vs Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop and Apple M5 Max GPU (40-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
189
134
125
96
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
206
183
130
71
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
288
210
158
83
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
158
146
128
79
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
134
109
86
50
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
176
167
128
85
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
121
101
85
51
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
153
137
95
45
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
252
236
180
98
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High186n/a
1080p Ultra158n/a
1440p Ultra124n/a
4K Ultra73n/a
DeviationMediumn/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
22374
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
17913
Time Spy21794n/a
Solar Bay9288879412
Port Royal14027n/a
Fire Strike46885n/a
Night Raid175963n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
190326
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
146407
Background Blur194.4 frames/s257 frames/s
Face Detection165.6 frames/s182.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection8.61 Gpix/sec5.4 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection12.2 Gpix/sec8.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.5 Gpix/sec8.86 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.7 Gpix/sec1.28 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1060 Gpix/sec455.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27590.4 fps21658 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
28502
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
n/a
G2D Mark1139n/a
DirectX 11254 fpsn/a
DirectX 12116 fpsn/a
GPU Compute12703 Ops/sn/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
25636
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
29452
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
42495
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
46343
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
19809
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
43305
Image Classification (SP)1019210711
Image Segmentation (HP)2334342406
Horizon Detection3113242905
Face Detection (HP)4632273489
Pose Estimation (Q)134037289766
Text Classification (SP)33196087
Machine Translation (HP)46968881
Object Detection (SP)1303810130
Depth Estimation (Q)5208984224
Style Transfer (SP)248270264552
FrameworkONNXCore ML
BackendDirectMLGPU

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
6817.09
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Apple
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced January, 7, 2025 March, 3, 2026
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Professional
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Apple M GPU
Codename GB203-400 Custom

GPU

GPU Frequency 975 MHz n/a
Boost GPU Frequency 1500-2410 MHz 1620 MHz
Shader Units 7680 5120
TMUs 240 320
ROPs 96 160
Execution Units 60 640
Ray Tracing Cores 60 n/a
Tensor Cores 240 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 64 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 144-231 Gpix/sec 259 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 360-578 GTex/s 518 GTex/s
FLOPS 23-37 TFLOPS 16.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 Custom
TGP 80-175 W n/a
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 378 mm² n/a
Transistor count 45.6 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR7 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 9600 MHz
Bus 256 bit 512 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 16 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
896 GB/s
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
614 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 n/a
Vulkan 1.4 n/a
OpenGL 4.6 n/a
CUDA 10.1 n/a
DisplayPort 2.1b n/a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

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Survey

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