GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop vs Apple A18 Pro GPU
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Apple A18 Pro GPU
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We performed a head-to-head comparison of the GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile 8 GB with 26 pipelines and 3328 shaders against the 7 months older Apple A18 Pro GPU that utilizes 128 pipelines and 768 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
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
- Performs significantly better (up to 6.6x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 7.2x higher maximum theoretical performance (16.6 vs 2.3 TFLOPS)
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 4 technology
- Achieves 3.7x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (116K vs 31K)
- Has 4.3x more shading units (3328 vs 768)
Reasons to consider the Apple A18 Pro GPU
- Manufactured using a more efficient 3 nm process technology
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 135 86 75 56 |
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| The Witcher 3 | 154 129 89 48 |
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 227 169 125 69 |
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| Far Cry 6 | 114 103 82 46 |
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| Hogwarts Legacy | 89 74 54 27 |
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| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 107 100 71 48 |
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| Ghost of Tsushima | 82 65 49 29 |
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 92 81 51 23 |
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| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 144 128 96 50 |
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| 1080p High | 127 | - |
| 1080p Ultra | 104 | - |
| 1440p Ultra | 77 | - |
| 4K Ultra | 44 | - |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 12009 | - |
| Solar Bay | 52855 | 7374 |
| Port Royal | 7453 | - |
| Fire Strike | 31609 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | 21631 | 3947 |
| Night Raid | 115260 | - |
GeekBench 6 GPU Compute
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 190.8 img/sec | 57.1 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 115.9 img/sec | 91.4 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 4.17 Gpixels/sec | 0.92 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.28 Gpixels/sec | 1.21 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 7.1 Gpixels/sec | 1.5 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.32 Gpixels/sec | 0.45 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 523.3 Gpixels/sec | 84.2 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 16169.3 FPS | 3061 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | Metal |
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 844 | - |
| DirectX 11 | 162 FPS | - |
| DirectX 12 | 79 FPS | - |
| GPU Compute | 6046 Ops/s | - |
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-04-10 (lnwponlawat) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 132783 |
| 📘 2026-04-10 (lnwponlawat) | Steel Nomad Light | 13919 |
Apple A18 Pro GPU
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-04-24 -> Rennsport | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 19670 |
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) | 7525 | 3264 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 23623 | 4550 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 19973 | 6705 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 41164 | 11770 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 77589 | 15548 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2880 | 3678 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 5811 | 5678 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 9966 | 3360 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 37206 | 13468 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 136961 | 31541 |
| Framework | ONNX | Core ML |
| Backend | DirectML | GPU |
Results were compared using different ML frameworks
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop and Apple A18 Pro GPUGeneral
| Vendor | Nvidia | Apple |
| Build | Discrete | Integrated |
| Released | April 14, 2025 | September 9, 2024 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Generic |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | GB206 | Custom |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245HX or above | - Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) or above |
| Used in CPUs | - | - Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) |
Laptop GPU ranking (19th and 81st place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 952-1455 MHz (configurable) | - |
| Boost Clock | 1455-2497 MHz (configurable) | 1490 MHz |
| Shading Units | 3328 | 768 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 104 | 40 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | - |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 26 | 128 |
| Tensor Cores | 104 | - |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 26 | - |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | - |
| L2 Cache | 32MB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 70-120 GPixel/s | - |
| Texture Fill Rate | 151-260 GTexel/s | 60 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | Custom |
| TGP | 45-115 W (configurable) | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 3 nm |
| Die Size | 181 mm² | - |
| Transistor Count | 21.9 billion | - |
| Transistor Density | 120.99 MTr/mm² | - |
| Max. Temperature | 89°C | - |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | System Shared |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | - |
| Memory Clock | 1500 MHz | 7500 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 24000 Mbps | - |
| Bus | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12.2 | - |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | - |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | - |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | - |
| CUDA | 12.0 | - |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 4 | No |
| DisplayPort | 2.1b | - |
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