Apple 10-Core M5 vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9550 Full Specs

Summary

1,280 Shaders 1.62GHz	4 Shaders 210MHz
Shared Memory153.6GB/sLPDDR5X	64MB DDR5.9GB/s placeholder
Peak·FP32·FP16 4.15 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 -
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor AGP 8x
TDP Shared	TDP -

Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1620MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed210MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 33.18 TOPSINT8 Tensor	Peak OPS -
Tensor FP16-16 8.29 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 8.29 TFLOPS	-
Tensor BF16 16.59 TFLOPS	-
FP32 4.15 TFLOPS	-
Tensor INT8 33.18 TOPS	-
Pixel Rate 64.8 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 0.8 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 129.6 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 0.8 GTexel/s

Core Config

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

Clocks

Boost Clock 1.62GHz

Boost Clock 210MHz

Cache

L2 Cache 2MB shared

L2 Cache -

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5X	64MB DDR placeholder
Memory Bus 128-bit	Memory Bus 128-bit
Memory Speed 9.6GT/s	Memory Speed 366MT/s
Memory Bandwidth 153.6GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 5.9GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 2

Multi-Monitor 2

Encoder

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

Decoder

Decoder Model Apple Media Engine 3	-
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1 ProRes	Codec -

Card

Form Factor iGPU

Form Factor AGP 8x

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer ATI
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer ATI
Architecture Apple Gen 8	Architecture R300
Family M Series	Family Radeon 9000
Branding	Branding
Codename G17G	Codename Shivah
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Laptop
Release Date Oct 15, 2025	Release Date Jun 1, 2005

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3P	Fabrication Node 130nm
Die Size -	Die Size 76mm²
Transistor Count -	Transistor Count 60 Million
Transistor Density -	Transistor Density 0.79 MTr/mm²

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