Apple M5 Max 32-Core GPU vs GeForce RTX 5060 Ti

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking57104
Place by popularity92not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation85.31no data
Power efficiency23.19no data
ArchitectureBlackwell 2.0 (2025−2026)no data
GPU code nameGB206no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date16 April 2025 (1 year ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$379 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores460832
Core clock speed2407 MHzno data
Boost clock speed2572 MHzno data
Number of transistors21,900 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology5 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)180 Wattno data
Texture fill rate370.4no data
Floating-point processing power23.7 TFLOPSno data
ROPs48no data
TMUs144no data
Tensor Cores144no data
Ray Tracing Cores36no data
L1 Cache4.5 MBno data
L2 Cache32 MBno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 5.0 x8no data
Length241 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR7LPDDR5x-8533
Maximum RAM amount8 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1750 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/sno data
Shared memory-no data
Resizable BAR+-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1bno data
HDMI+-

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.8no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.4-
CUDA12.0-
DLSS+-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD156no data
1440p77no data
4K48no data

Cost per frame, $

1080p2.43no data
1440p4.92no data
4K7.90no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 270−280 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 130−140 no data
Resident Evil 4 Remake 160−170 no data

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 160−170 no data
Counter-Strike 2 270−280 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 130−140 no data
Far Cry 5 270 no data
Fortnite 240−250 no data
Forza Horizon 4 210−220 no data
Forza Horizon 5 160−170 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180 no data
Valorant 300−310 no data

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 160−170 no data
Counter-Strike 2 270−280 no data
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 130−140 no data
Far Cry 5 248 no data
Fortnite 240−250 no data
Forza Horizon 4 210−220 no data
Forza Horizon 5 160−170 no data
Grand Theft Auto V 150−160 no data
Metro Exodus 130−140 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 332 no data
Valorant 300−310 no data

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 160−170 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 130−140 no data
Far Cry 5 232 no data
Forza Horizon 4 210−220 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 158 no data
Valorant 300−310 no data

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 240−250 no data

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 150−160 no data
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 400−450 no data
Grand Theft Auto V 110−120 no data
Metro Exodus 85−90 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180 no data
Valorant 300−350 no data

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 130−140 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75 no data
Far Cry 5 161 no data
Forza Horizon 4 170−180 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 119 no data

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 150−160 no data

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 70−75 no data
Grand Theft Auto V 130−140 no data
Metro Exodus 55−60 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 101 no data
Valorant 300−350 no data

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 90−95 no data
Counter-Strike 2 70−75 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35 no data
Far Cry 5 84 no data
Forza Horizon 4 120−130 no data
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 95−100 no data

4K
Epic

Fortnite 75−80 no data

Pros & cons summary


We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 5060 Ti and M5 Max 32-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 5060 Ti is a desktop graphics card while Apple M5 Max 32-Core GPU is a notebook one.

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