Apple 10-Core M5 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M Full Specs

Summary

1,280 Shaders 1.62GHz	1,024 Shaders 944MHz
Shared Memory153.6GB/sLPDDR5X	2GB GDDR580GB/s placeholder
Peak·FP32·FP16 4.15 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.93 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor Soldered
TDP Shared	TDP 60W

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 Tensor FP8-16 Tensor FP8-32 Tensor FP16-16 Tensor FP16-32 FP64 Memory Bandwidth TDP

10-Core M58.29 TFLOPSFP8-16 Tensor

x4.29

GeForce GTX 965M1.93 TFLOPSFP32

x1

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1620MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed944MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 8.29 TFLOPSFP8-16 Tensor	Peak OPS 1.93 TFLOPSFP32
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 1.93 TFLOPS
-	FP64 60.42 GFLOPS
Pixel Rate 64.8 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 30.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 129.6 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 60.4 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	SMs 8 SMs

Clocks

Boost Clock 1.62GHz

Boost Clock 944MHz

Cache

L2 Cache 2MB shared

L2 Cache 1MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5X	2GB GDDR5 placeholder
Memory Bus 128-bit	Memory Bus 128-bit
Memory Speed 9.6GT/s	Memory Speed 5GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 153.6GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 80GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Power & Thermals

TDP Shared

TDP 60W

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 2

Multi-Monitor 3

Encoder

Encoder Model Apple Media Engine 3

Encoder Model 2x NVENC 3

Decoder

Decoder Model Apple Media Engine 3

Decoder Model NVDEC 1

Card

Form Factor iGPU

Form Factor Soldered

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer NVIDIA
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer NVIDIA
Architecture Apple Gen 8	Architecture Maxwell 2
Family M Series	Family GeForce 900
Branding	Branding
Codename G17G	Codename NV124
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Laptop
Release Date Oct 15, 2025	Release Date Jan 5, 2015

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3P	Fabrication Node 28nm
Die Size -	Die Size 398mm²
Transistor Count -	Transistor Count 5.2 Billion
Transistor Density -	Transistor Density 13.07 MTr/mm²

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Used In

CPUs M5 (10C10G)	CPUs -
Laptops MacBook Pro 14(M5, Late 2025)	Laptops Surface Book 13(Late 2016)
All-in-Ones -	All-in-Ones Surface Studio(Late 2016)

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