GeForce RTX 4060 vs Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
AD107
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
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We performed a head-to-head comparison of the GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB with 24 pipelines and 3072 shaders against the 2 years and 5 months 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 4060
- Performs significantly better (up to 2x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 3.7x higher maximum theoretical performance (15.1 vs 4.1 TFLOPS)
- Includes 8 GB of dedicated GDDR6 memory
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 3 technology
- Has 78% higher memory bandwidth: 272 vs 153 GB/s
- Achieves 41% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (106K vs 75K)
- Has 2.4x more shading units (3072 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 | 128 78 66 47 |
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| The Witcher 3 | 143 117 82 44 |
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 208 157 111 58 |
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| Far Cry 6 | 105 98 76 45 |
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| Hogwarts Legacy | 78 65 47 26 |
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| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 98 90 64 43 |
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| Ghost of Tsushima | 73 61 45 27 |
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 82 75 43 22 |
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| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 128 119 85 46 |
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| 1080p High | 116 | - |
| 1080p Ultra | 96 | - |
| 1440p Ultra | 69 | - |
| 4K Ultra | 40 | - |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 10615 | - |
| Solar Bay | 49340 | 24536 |
| Port Royal | 6054 | - |
| Fire Strike | 28540 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | 20610 | 12278 |
| Night Raid | 121368 | - |
GeekBench 6 GPU Compute
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 186.9 img/sec | 155.7 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 112.7 img/sec | 178.1 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 3.92 Gpixels/sec | 2.22 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.16 Gpixels/sec | 2.87 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 4.94 Gpixels/sec | 5.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.34 Gpixels/sec | 0.95 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 446.2 Gpixels/sec | 190.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 14935.1 FPS | 6579.1 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | Metal |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1036 | - |
| DirectX 11 | 174 FPS | - |
| DirectX 12 | 76 FPS | - |
| GPU Compute | 9150 Ops/s | - |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 4060
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-03-21 (John Fernand) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 105636 |
| 📘 2026-03-21 (John Fernand) | Cinebench 2024 | 10606 |
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) | 7696 | 6348 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 13706 | 16813 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 23289 | 30322 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 31126 | 34387 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 78361 | 111591 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3315 | 2319 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 3491 | 5555 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 9386 | 6450 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 36778 | 53195 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 148120 | 82314 |
| Framework | ONNX | Core ML |
| Backend | DirectML | GPU |
Results were compared using different ML frameworks
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4060 and Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Apple |
| Build | Discrete | Integrated |
| Released | May 18, 2023 | October 15, 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | - |
| Case | Desktop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Professional |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | AD107 | Custom |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 7700 XT | - Adreno X2-90 |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5060 | - |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i5 14600K or above | - Apple M5 (10-Core) or above |
| Used in CPUs | - | - Apple M5 (10-Core) |
Desktop GPU rating (#54th place)
Laptop GPU ranking (#45th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1830 MHz | - |
| Boost Clock | 2460 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Shading Units | 3072 | 1280 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 96 | 80 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 40 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 24 | 160 |
| Tensor Cores | 96 | - |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 24 | - |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | - |
| L2 Cache | 24MB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 118 GPixel/s | 65 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 236 GTexel/s | 130 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | Custom |
| TGP | 115 W | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 3 nm |
| Die Size | 159 mm² | - |
| Transistor Count | 18 billion | 28 billion |
| Transistor Density | 113.21 MTr/mm² | - |
| Max. Temperature | - | 100°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | System Shared |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | - |
| Memory Clock | - | 9600 MHz |
| Bus | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | - |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | - |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | - |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | - |
| CUDA | 8.9 | - |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 3 | No |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | - |
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