GPUs

Apple 10-Core M5-FL vs Qualcomm Adreno 642L Full Specs

1,280 Shaders
1.58GHz
512 Shaders
550MHz
Shared Memory153.6GB/sLPDDR5X
Shared Memory25.6GB/sLPDDR5
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4.04 TFLOPS
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563.2 GFLOPS
Form Factor
iGPU
Form Factor
iGPU
TDP
Shared
TDP
5W

Clock Speed
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Clock Speed
···
Peak OPS
32.32 TOPSINT8 Tensor
Peak OPS
1.13 TFLOPSFP16
Tensor FP16-16
8.08 TFLOPS
Tensor FP16-32
8.08 TFLOPS
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Tensor BF16
16.16 TFLOPS
-
FP32
4.04 TFLOPS
FP32
563.2 GFLOPS
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FP64
140.8 GFLOPS
Tensor INT8
32.32 TOPS
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Pixel Rate
63.1 GPixel/s
Pixel Rate
4.4 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
126.2 GTexel/s
Texture Rate
8.8 GTexel/s

Shaders
1,280 Shaders
Shaders
512 Shaders
TMUs
80 TMUs
TMUs
16 TMUs
ROPs
40 ROPs
ROPs
8 ROPs
Tensor Cores
10 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
-
RT Cores
10 RT-Cores
RT Cores
-
EUs
160 EUs
EUs
4 EUs

Base Clock
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Base Clock
490MHz
Boost Clock
1.58GHz
Boost Clock
550MHz

L2 Cache
2MB shared
L2 Cache
128KB shared
L3 Cache
-
L3 Cache
1MB shared

Shared MemoryLPDDR5X
Shared MemoryLPDDR5
Memory Bus
128-bit
Memory Bus
32-bit
Memory Speed
9.6GT/s
Memory Speed
6.4GT/s
Memory Bandwidth
153.6GB/s
Memory Bandwidth
25.6GB/s
ECC
No
ECC
No

TDP
Shared
TDP
5W

Multi-Monitor
2
Multi-Monitor
1

Encoder Model
Apple Media Engine 3
Encoder Model
Hexagon 770
Codec
-
-
-
-
-
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
ProRes
Codec
H.263
MPEG-4
VC-1
VP8
VP9
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Decoder Model
Apple Media Engine 3
Decoder Model
Hexagon 770
Codec
-
-
-
-
-
-
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
AV1
ProRes
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
VC-1
VP8
VP9
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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-

Form Factor
iGPU
Form Factor
iGPU

Manufacturer
Manufacturer
Chip Designer
Chip Designer
Architecture
Architecture
Family
Family
Branding
M5 branding
Branding
Adreno branding
Codename
G17G
Codename
-
Market Segment
Tablet
Market Segment
Smartphone
Release Date
Oct 15, 2025
Release Date
May 19, 2021

Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
N3P
Fabrication Node
N6