Apple 10-Core M5 vs Apple 8-Core M1 Full Specs

Summary

1,280 Shaders 1.62GHz	1,024 Shaders 1.28GHz
Shared Memory153.6GB/sLPDDR5X	Shared Memory68.3GB/sLPDDR4X
Peak·FP32·FP16 4.15 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 2.62 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
TDP Shared	TDP Shared

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 Tensor FP8-16 Tensor FP8-32 Tensor FP16-16 Tensor FP16-32 Memory Bandwidth

10-Core M58.29 TFLOPSFP8-16 Tensor

x3.17

8-Core M12.62 TFLOPSFP16

x1

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1620MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1278MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 8.29 TFLOPSFP8-16 Tensor	Peak OPS 2.62 TFLOPSFP16
Tensor FP8-16 8.29 TFLOPS Tensor FP8-32 8.29 TFLOPS	-
Tensor FP16-16 4.15 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 4.15 TFLOPS	-
FP32 4.15 TFLOPS	FP32 2.62 TFLOPS
Pixel Rate 64.8 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 40.9 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 129.6 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 81.8 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 1,280 Shaders	Shaders 1,024 Shaders
TMUs 80 TMUs	TMUs 64 TMUs
ROPs 40 ROPs	ROPs 32 ROPs
Tensor Cores 10 T-Cores	Tensor Cores -
RT Cores 10 RT-Cores	RT Cores -
EUs 160 EUs	EUs 128 EUs

Clocks

Boost Clock 1.62GHz

Boost Clock 1.28GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 2MB shared

L2 Cache 768KB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5X	Shared MemoryLPDDR4X
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

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 2

Multi-Monitor 1

Encoder

Encoder Model Apple Media Engine 3

Encoder Model Apple Media Engine 1

Decoder

Decoder Model Apple Media Engine 3

Decoder Model Apple Media Engine 1

Card

Form Factor iGPU

Form Factor iGPU

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer Apple
Architecture Apple Gen 8	Architecture Apple Gen 4
Family M Series	Family M Series
Branding	Branding
Codename G17G	Codename G13G
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Laptop
Release Date Oct 15, 2025	Release Date Nov 10, 2020

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3P	Fabrication Node N5
Die Size -	Die Size 123mm²
Transistor Count -	Transistor Count 16 Billion
Transistor Density -	Transistor Density 130 MTr/mm²

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Used In

CPUs M5 (10C10G)	CPUs M1 (8C8G)
Laptops MacBook Pro 14(M5, Late 2025)	Laptops MacBook Pro 13(M1, Late 2020)
Desktops -	Desktops Mac mini(M1, Late 2020)
All-in-Ones -	All-in-Ones iMac 24(M1, Four Ports, Mid 2021)

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