Nvidia RTX Pro 5000 Laptop (Blackwell) vs Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
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Nvidia RTX Pro 5000 Laptop (Blackwell)
GB202-300-A1
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
Custom
We performed a head-to-head comparison of the Nvidia RTX Pro 5000 Mobile (Blackwell) 24 GB with 82 pipelines and 10496 shaders against the 1 year newer Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) that utilizes 640 pipelines and 5120 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 Nvidia RTX Pro 5000 Laptop (Blackwell)
- Performs better (up to 29%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 2.3x higher maximum theoretical performance (37.9 vs 16.6 TFLOPS)
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 4 technology
- Achieves 68% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (246K vs 146K)
- Has 46% higher memory bandwidth: 896 vs 614 GB/s
- Has 2.1x more shading units (10496 vs 5120)
Reasons to consider the Apple M5 Max GPU (40-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 | 197 136 126 93 |
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| The Witcher 3 | 206 177 128 70 |
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 286 218 158 81 |
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| Far Cry 6 | 160 144 128 80 |
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| Hogwarts Legacy | 137 110 89 47 |
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| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 181 168 133 89 |
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| Ghost of Tsushima | 121 103 88 53 |
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 155 142 96 43 |
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| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 250 240 177 99 |
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| 1080p High | 188 | - |
| 1080p Ultra | 160 | - |
| 1440p Ultra | 125 | - |
| 4K Ultra | 73 | - |
| Margin of Error | High | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 21719 | - |
| Solar Bay | 88183 | 79229 |
| Port Royal | 14393 | - |
| Fire Strike | 46500 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | 28500 | 42463 |
| Night Raid | 176939 | - |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 267.1 img/sec | 257 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 183.2 img/sec | 182.1 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 11.5 Gpixels/sec | 5.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 15.8 Gpixels/sec | 8.33 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 18.1 Gpixels/sec | 8.86 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 2.01 Gpixels/sec | 1.28 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 1330 Gpixels/sec | 455.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 35463.8 FPS | 21658 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 897 | - |
| DirectX 11 | 252 FPS | - |
| DirectX 12 | 110 FPS | - |
| GPU Compute | 8621 Ops/s | - |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
Nvidia RTX Pro 5000 Laptop (Blackwell)
No benchmark results yet
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-04-16 -> Apple lover | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 146276 |
| 📘 2026-03-25 (Steven) | Cinebench 2024 | 9283 |
| 📘 2026-03-25 (Steven) | Steel Nomad Light | 18486 |
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) | 12454 | 10711 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 33371 | 42406 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 35476 | 42905 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 67998 | 73489 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 168369 | 289766 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3491 | 6087 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 6115 | 8881 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 16115 | 10130 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 59893 | 84224 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 279891 | 264552 |
| Framework | ONNX | Core ML |
| Backend | DirectML | GPU |
Results were compared using different ML frameworks
Specifications
Technical specifications of Nvidia RTX Pro 5000 Laptop (Blackwell) and Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Apple |
| Build | Discrete | Integrated |
| Released | March 18, 2025 | March 3, 2026 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Professional | Professional |
| Segment | High-end | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | GB202-300-A1 | Custom |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX or above | - Apple M5 Max (40-сore GPU) or above |
| Used in CPUs | - | - Apple M5 Max (40-сore GPU) |
Laptop GPU ranking (2nd and 6th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 990-1680 MHz (configurable) | - |
| Boost Clock | 1680-1807 MHz (configurable) | 1620 MHz |
| Shading Units | 10496 | 5120 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 328 | 320 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 112 | 160 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 82 | 640 |
| Tensor Cores | 328 | - |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 82 | - |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | - |
| L2 Cache | 64MB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 188-202 GPixel/s | 259 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 551-593 GTexel/s | 518 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | Custom |
| TGP | 95-175 W (configurable) | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 3 nm |
| Die Size | 378 mm² | - |
| Transistor Count | 45.6 billion | 28 billion |
| Transistor Density | 120.63 MTr/mm² | - |
| Max. Temperature | - | 100°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | System Shared |
| Memory Size | 24 GB | - |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 9600 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 28000 Mbps | - |
| Bus | 256-bit | 512-bit |
| ECC | - | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12.2 | - |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | - |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | - |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | - |
| CUDA | 12 | - |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 4 | No |
| DisplayPort | 2.1b | - |
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