GeForce RTX 2070 vs Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
TU106
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
Custom
We performed a head-to-head comparison of the GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB with 36 pipelines and 2304 shaders against the 7 years and 1 month newer Apple M5 GPU (10-Core) that utilizes 160 pipelines and 1280 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
The "Energy Efficiency" metric has less impact on the NanoReview Score for desktop GPU.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 2070
- Performs significantly better (up to 59%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Includes 8 GB of dedicated GDDR6 memory
- 83% higher maximum theoretical performance (7.5 vs 4.1 TFLOPS)
- Has 2.9x higher memory bandwidth: 448 vs 153 GB/s
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 2 technology
- Achieves 29% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (97K vs 75K)
- Has 80% more shading units (2304 vs 1280)
Reasons to consider the Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
- Manufactured using a more efficient 3 nm process technology
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 109 70 56 40 |
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| The Witcher 3 | 124 100 73 38 |
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 181 132 96 48 |
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| Far Cry 6 | 92 83 64 34 |
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| Hogwarts Legacy | 65 56 41 19 |
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| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 79 74 50 34 |
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| Ghost of Tsushima | 64 50 36 20 |
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 67 63 35 15 |
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| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 106 98 68 36 |
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| 1080p High | 99 | - |
| 1080p Ultra | 81 | - |
| 1440p Ultra | 58 | - |
| 4K Ultra | 32 | - |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 9074 | - |
| Solar Bay | 39675 | 24536 |
| Port Royal | 5194 | - |
| Fire Strike | 23208 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | 18257 | 12278 |
| Night Raid | 92357 | - |
GeekBench 6 GPU Compute
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 200 img/sec | 155.7 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 106.8 img/sec | 178.1 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 3.73 Gpixels/sec | 2.22 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 4.57 Gpixels/sec | 2.87 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 4.84 Gpixels/sec | 5.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.07 Gpixels/sec | 0.95 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 452 Gpixels/sec | 190.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 11141.9 FPS | 6579.1 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | Metal |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 816 | - |
| DirectX 11 | 130 FPS | - |
| DirectX 12 | 61 FPS | - |
| GPU Compute | 6376 Ops/s | - |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 2070
No benchmark results yet
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-01-03 -> Rennsport | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 48688 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 5244 | 6348 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 9644 | 16813 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 13716 | 30322 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 21326 | 34387 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 57284 | 111591 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 1857 | 2319 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 2542 | 5555 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 6466 | 6450 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 22978 | 53195 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 111896 | 82314 |
| Framework | ONNX | Core ML |
| Backend | DirectML | GPU |
Results were compared using different ML frameworks
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 2070 and Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Apple |
| Build | Discrete | Integrated |
| Released | October 17, 2018 | October 15, 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | - |
| Case | Desktop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Professional |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Turing | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | TU106 | Custom |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 5700 XT | - Adreno X2-90 |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5070 | - |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i7 9700K or above | - Apple M5 (10-Core) or above |
| Used in CPUs | - | - Apple M5 (10-Core) |
Desktop GPU rating (#64th place)
Laptop GPU ranking (#45th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1410 MHz | - |
| Boost Clock | 1620 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 1280 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 144 | 80 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 64 | 40 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 36 | 160 |
| Tensor Cores | 288 | - |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 36 | - |
| L1 Cache | 64KB per cluster | - |
| L2 Cache | 4MB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 104 GPixel/s | 65 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 233 GTexel/s | 130 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | Custom |
| TGP | 175 W | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 12 nm | 3 nm |
| Die Size | 445 mm² | - |
| Transistor Count | 10 billion | 28 billion |
| Transistor Density | 22.47 MTr/mm² | - |
| Max. Temperature | - | 100°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | System Shared |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | - |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 9600 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 14000 Mbps | - |
| Bus | 256-bit | 128-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | - |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | - |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | - |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | - |
| CUDA | 7.5 | - |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 2 | No |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | - |
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