GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop vs Apple M4 Pro GPU (20-core)
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Apple M4 Pro GPU (20-core)
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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 5 months older Apple M4 Pro GPU (20-core) that utilizes 320 pipelines and 2560 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 46%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 2x higher maximum theoretical performance (16.6 vs 8.1 TFLOPS)
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 4 technology
- Achieves 67% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (116K vs 70K)
- Has 41% higher memory bandwidth: 384 vs 273 GB/s
- Has 30% more shading units (3328 vs 2560)
Reasons to consider the Apple M4 Pro GPU (20-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 | 137 85 77 55 |
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| The Witcher 3 | 153 127 93 51 |
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 228 173 120 67 |
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| Far Cry 6 | 116 106 85 50 |
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| Hogwarts Legacy | 87 73 53 31 |
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| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 108 100 72 48 |
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| Ghost of Tsushima | 80 67 52 28 |
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 95 82 49 22 |
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| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 144 130 97 53 |
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| 1080p High | 128 | - |
| 1080p Ultra | 105 | - |
| 1440p Ultra | 78 | - |
| 4K Ultra | 45 | - |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 12018 | - |
| Solar Bay | 53003 | 33418 |
| Port Royal | 7458 | - |
| Fire Strike | 31583 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | 21605 | 19535 |
| Night Raid | 114257 | - |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 190.8 img/sec | 125.1 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 115.9 img/sec | 80 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 4.17 Gpixels/sec | 2.88 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.28 Gpixels/sec | 4.22 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 7.1 Gpixels/sec | 2.98 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.32 Gpixels/sec | 0.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 523.3 Gpixels/sec | 235 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 16169.3 FPS | 9516.1 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 840 | - |
| DirectX 11 | 162 FPS | - |
| DirectX 12 | 79 FPS | - |
| GPU Compute | 6144 Ops/s | - |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
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| 📘 2026-04-10 (lnwponlawat) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 132783 |
| 📘 2026-04-10 (lnwponlawat) | Steel Nomad Light | 13919 |
Apple M4 Pro GPU (20-core)
No benchmark results yet
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 | 8046 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 23623 | 15443 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 19973 | 20807 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 41164 | 30860 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 77589 | 56783 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2880 | 2888 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 5811 | 6167 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 9966 | 7592 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 37206 | 33607 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 136961 | 126726 |
| Framework | ONNX | Core ML |
| Backend | DirectML | GPU |
Results were compared using different ML frameworks
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop and Apple M4 Pro GPU (20-core)General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Apple |
| Build | Discrete | Integrated |
| Released | April 14, 2025 | October 29, 2024 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Professional |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | GB206 | Custom |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop |
| Successor | - | - Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245HX or above | - Apple M4 Pro (14-Core) or above |
| Used in CPUs | - | - Apple M4 Pro (14-Core) |
Laptop GPU ranking (20th and 38th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 952-1455 MHz (configurable) | 500 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1455-2497 MHz (configurable) | 1578 MHz |
| Shading Units | 3328 | 2560 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 104 | 160 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 80 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 26 | 320 |
| 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 | 126 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 151-260 GTexel/s | 252 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | Custom |
| TGP | 45-115 W (configurable) | 26 W |
| 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 | 100°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | System Shared |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | - |
| Memory Clock | 1500 MHz | 8533 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 24000 Mbps | 15000 Mbps |
| Bus | 128-bit | 192-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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