CPUs

Apple M5 (10C8G-FL) vs Apple M5 Max (18C32G) Full Specs

10 Cores(4P+6E)
10 Threads(4P+6E)
4.46GHz
18 Cores(6P+12M)
18 Threads(6P+12M)
4.61GHz
TDP
15W
TDP
140W
Bandwidth
153.6GB/s
LPDDR5X
Bandwidth
460.8GB/s
LPDDR5X
iGPU
iGPU
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6.46 TFLOPSFP16
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26.54 TFLOPSFP16

M5 (10C8G-FL)M5 (10C8G-FL)4,175
x1
M5 Max (18C32G)M5 Max (18C32G)4,340
x1.04

10 Cores
4P
-
6E
18 Cores
6P
12M
-
10 Threads
4P
-
6E
18 Threads
6P
12M
-

Base Clock
4.46GHz
Base Clock
4.61GHz
Overclocking
Locked
Overclocking
Locked

L1i
192KB P
-
128KB E
L1i
192KB P
192KB M
-
L1d
128KB P
-
64KB E
L1d
128KB P
128KB M
-
L2
1MB P
16MB P shared
-
6MB E shared
L2
1MB P
16MB P shared
16MB M shared
-
SLC Cache
8MB
SLC Cache
48MB

Type
LPDDR5X
Type
LPDDR5X
Max Memory
32GB
Max Memory
96GB
ECC
No
ECC
No
Channels
2
Channels
3
Bus Width
128-bit
Bus Width
384-bit
Speed
9600MT/s
Speed
9600MT/s
Bandwidth
153.6GB/s
Bandwidth
460.8GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator
Channels
Transfer Rate
Calculated Bandwidth
153.6GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator
Channels
Transfer Rate
Calculated Bandwidth
460.8GB/s

TDP
15W
TDP
140W
Max Operating Temp
100°C Max
Max Operating Temp
100°C Max

PCIe
PCIe 4.0 x5
9.8GB/sBandwidth
PCIe
PCIe 4.0 x16
31.5GB/sBandwidth

iGPU
iGPU
Shaders
1024
Shaders
4096
Boost Clock
1.58GHz
Boost Clock
1.62GHz
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6.46 TFLOPSFP16
··
26.54 TFLOPSFP16

NPU Model
H17 Theia
NPU Model
H17 Hyperion
NPU Cores
16
NPU Cores
16
NPU Clock
2.45GHz
NPU Clock
2.45GHz
Performance
38 TOPSINT8
Performance
38 TOPSINT8

Manufacturer
Manufacturer
ISA
AArch64
ISA
AArch64
Architecture
Architecture
Family
Family
Branding
M5  branding
Branding
M5 Max  branding
Codename
Hidra
M5Variant
AS15PP-Core
-
AS15EE-Core
Codename
Sotra-S
M5 MaxVariant
AS15PP-Core
AS15MM-Core
-
Market Segment
Tablet
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
Mar 3, 2026
Release Date
Mar 3, 2026

Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
N3P
Fabrication Node
N3P

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