Apple 10-Core M5 vs AMD Radeon Vega 8 2000MHz Full Specs

Summary

1,280 Shaders 1.62GHz	512 Shaders 2GHz
Shared Memory153.6GB/sLPDDR5X	Shared Memory68.3GB/s LPDDR4X·DDR4
Peak·FP32·FP16 4.15 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 2.05 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
TDP Shared	TDP Shared

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 Tensor FP16-16 Tensor FP16-32 FP64 Tensor BF16 Tensor INT8 Memory Bandwidth

10-Core M533.18 TOPSINT8 Tensor

x8.10

Radeon Vega 8 2000MHz4.1 TFLOPSFP16

x1

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1620MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed2000MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 33.18 TOPSINT8 Tensor	Peak OPS 4.1 TFLOPSFP16
Tensor FP16-16 8.29 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 8.29 TFLOPS	-
Tensor BF16 16.59 TFLOPS	-
FP32 4.15 TFLOPS	FP32 2.05 TFLOPS
-	FP64 128 GFLOPS
Tensor INT8 33.18 TOPS	-
Pixel Rate 64.8 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 16 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 129.6 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 64 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 1,280 Shaders	Shaders 512 Shaders
TMUs 80 TMUs	TMUs 32 TMUs
ROPs 40 ROPs	ROPs 8 ROPs
Tensor Cores 10 T-Cores	Tensor Cores -
RT Cores 10 RT-Cores	RT Cores -
EUs 160 EUs	CUs 8 CUs

Clocks

Base Clock -	Base Clock 300MHz
Boost Clock 1.62GHz	Boost Clock 2GHz

Cache

L1 -	L1 16KB/CU
L2 Cache 2MB shared	L2 Cache 1MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5X	Shared Memory LPDDR4X·DDR4
Memory Bus 128-bit	Memory Bus 128-bit
Memory Speed 9.6GT/s	Memory Speed 4.3GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 153.6GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 68.3GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Video Output

Max Resolution 7680x4320	Max Resolution 4096x2160
Refresh Rate Calculator 7680x4320 Resolution8K UHD Refresh Rate 120Hz	Refresh Rate Calculator 3840x2160 Resolution4K UHD Refresh Rate 64Hz
Multi-Monitor 2	Multi-Monitor 3
Adaptive Sync -	Adaptive Sync FreeSync
DSC Not Supported	DSC Not Supported

API Support

Shader Model -	Shader Model 6.7
-	DirectX DirectX 12 Direct3D 12_1
-	OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 3 Vulkan 1.2
-	GFX 9

Encoder

Encoder Apple Media Engine 3	Encoder VCN 2.0
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) ProRes	Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) -

Decoder

Decoder Apple Media Engine 3	Decoder VCN 2.0
Codec - - - - - - AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1 ProRes	Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 JPEG VC-1 VP9 AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - -

Card

Form Factor iGPU

Form Factor iGPU

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer AMD
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer AMD
Architecture Apple Gen 8	Architecture GCN 5
Family M Series	Family Vega
Branding	Branding
Codename G17G	Codename -
Chip Variant -	Chip Variant Vega 3
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Laptop
Release Date Oct 15, 2025	Release Date Jul 21, 2020

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3P	Fabrication Node N7
Die Size -	Die Size 180mm²
Transistor Count -	Transistor Count 10.7B
Transistor Density -	Transistor Density 59 MTr/mm²

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