Apple M5 (10C10G) vs Apple M3 (8C9G-FL) Full Specs

Summary

10 Cores(4P+6E) 10 Threads(4P+6E) 4.61GHz	8 Cores(4P+4E) 8 Threads(4P+4E) 4.05GHz
TDP 30W	TDP 15W
Bandwidth 153.6GB/s LPDDR5X	Bandwidth 102.4GB/s LPDDR5
iGPU 10-Core M5	iGPU 9-Core M3-FL
Peak·FP32·FP16 8.29 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 3.08 TFLOPSFP16

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

Geekbench 6 Single Geekbench 6 Multi Max Bandwidth iGPU Peak iGPU FP32 iGPU FP16 NPU TOPS TDP

M5 (10C10G)4,263

x1.36

M3 (8C9G-FL)3,130

x1

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Core Config

10 Cores 4P 6E	8 Cores 4P 4E
10 Threads 4P 6E	8 Threads 4P 4E

Clocks

Base Clock 4.61GHz	Base Clock 4.05GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 192KB P 128KB E	L1i 192KB P 128KB E
L1d 128KB P 64KB E	L1d 128KB P 64KB E
L2 1MB P 16MB P shared 6MB E shared	L2 16MB P shared 4MB E shared
SLC Cache 8MB	SLC Cache 8MB

Memory

Type LPDDR5X	Type LPDDR5
Max Memory 32GB	Max Memory 24GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 2	Channels 2
Bus Width 128-bit	Bus Width 128-bit
Speed 9600MT/s	Speed 6400MT/s
Bandwidth 153.6GB/s	Bandwidth 102.4GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate9600MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 153.6GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate6400MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 102.4GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 30W	TDP 15W
Max Operating Temp 100°C Max	Max Operating Temp 100°C Max

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x5 9.8GB/sBandwidth

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x6 11.8GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU 10-Core M5	iGPU 9-Core M3-FL
Shaders 1280	Shaders 1152
Boost Clock 1.62GHz	Boost Clock 1.34GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 8.29 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 3.08 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model H17 Theia	NPU Model H15 Themis
NPU Cores 16	NPU Cores 16
NPU Clock 2.45GHz	NPU Clock 2.36GHz
Performance 38 TOPSINT8	Performance 18 TOPSFP16

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
ISA AArch64	ISA AArch64
Architecture Apple Silicon 15ARMv9.2-A	Architecture Apple Silicon 13ARMv8.6-A
Family M Series	Family M Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Hidra M5Variant AS15PP-Core AS15EE-Core	Codename Ibiza M3Variant EverestP-Core Sawtooth E-Core
Market Segment Tablet	Market Segment Tablet
Release Date Oct 15, 2025	Release Date Mar 4, 2025

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3P	Fabrication Node N3B
Die Size -	Die Size 153mm²
Transistor Count -	Transistor Count 25 Billion
Transistor Density -	Transistor Density 164 MTr/mm²

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Used In

Laptops MacBook Pro 14(M5, Late 2025)	Laptops -
Tablets -	Tablets iPad Air 11" Gen 2(M3, Early 2025)iPad Air 13" Gen 2(M3, Early 2025)

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