10-Core M5-FL vs 4-Core A16
            10-Core M5-FL
            
                
            
        
    
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    | 1280 Shaders Shared Memory 1740MHz | 512 Shaders Shared Memory 1398MHz | 
| Peak AI Performance 8.91 TFLOPS FP8 Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) | Peak AI Performance 1.43 TFLOPS FP16 | 
| FP32 4.45 TFLOPS | FP32 1.43 TFLOPS | 
| FP16 8.91 TFLOPS | FP16 1.43 TFLOPS | 
| Form Factor iGPU - | Form Factor iGPU - | 
| TDP Shared | TDP Shared | 
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| GB6 OpenCL N/A 0% | GB6 OpenCL N/A 0% | 
| GB6 Metal 74,570 30% | GB6 Metal 19,890 8% | 
| GB6 Vulkan N/A 0% | GB6 Vulkan N/A 0% | 
| GB5 OpenCL N/A 0% | GB5 OpenCL N/A 0% | 
| GB5 CUDA N/A 0% | GB5 CUDA N/A 0% | 
| GB5 Metal N/A 0% | GB5 Metal N/A 0% | 
| GB5 Vulkan N/A 0% | GB5 Vulkan N/A 0% | 
| OCT 2020.1 N/A 0% | OCT 2020.1 N/A 0% | 
| OCT Metal N/A 0% | OCT Metal 30 5% | 
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| Pixel
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                                            69.6 GPixel/s
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                                            22.368 GPixel/s
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| Texture
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                                            139.2 GTexel/s
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                                            44.736 GTexel/s
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| ManufacturerApple | ManufacturerApple | 
| Chip DesignerApple | Chip DesignerApple | 
| ArchitectureApple Gen 8 | ArchitectureApple Gen 5 | 
| FamilyM Series | FamilyA Series | 
| Codename G17G M5 - - | Codename G15P A16 Bionic - - | 
| Market Segment Laptop | Market Segment Mobile | 
| Release Date 10/15/2025 | Release Date 3/4/2025 | 
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| Form iGPU | Form iGPU | 
| Shading Units 1280 Shaders - | Shading Units 512 Shaders - | 
| Texture Mapping Units 80 TMUs | Texture Mapping Units 32 TMUs | 
| Render Output Units 40 ROPs | Render Output Units 16 ROPs | 
| Tensor Cores 10 T-Cores | - - | 
| Ray-Tracing Cores 10 RT-Cores | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| Execution Units 160 EUs | Execution Units 64 EUs | 
| Graphics Processing Clusters 10 GPCs | Graphics Processing Clusters 4 GPCs | 
| - - - 1740MHz | - - - 1398MHz | 
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| L1 - - - Unknown | L1 - - - Unknown | 
| L2 Unknown | L2 Unknown | 
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| Shared Memory - - | Shared Memory - - | 
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| TDP Shared | TDP Shared | 
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| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - No Ports | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - No Ports | 
| Max Resolution 7680x4320 | Max Resolution 3840x2160 | 
| Max Resolution Refresh Rate 120Hz | Max Resolution Refresh Rate 60Hz | 
| Variable Refresh Rate - - - | Variable Refresh Rate - - - | 
| Display Stream Compression (DSC) Not Supported | Display Stream Compression (DSC) Not Supported | 
| Multi Monitor Support 2 | Multi Monitor Support 1 | 
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| Model Apple Media Engine 3 | No Encoders - | 
| Codec - - - - - - - - AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - - ProRes ProRes Raw | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 
| Model Apple Media Engine 3 | No Decoders | 
| Codec - - - - - - - - AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - AV1 ProRes ProRes Raw | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 
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