Cost of pointers in C# vs. C++?

C++ directly manipulates the memory, so it's no doubt that using pointers in C++ is much faster than C#, but which factors tie into the speed decrease of C# pointers, and how much more expensive is it to implement pointers in C# vs. C++?

Edit: I am talking about unmanaged C++, obviously.

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