Apple 10-Core M5 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M Full Specs
1,280 Shaders 1.62GHz | 1,280 Shaders 993MHz |
Shared Memory153.6GB/sLPDDR5X | 3GB GDDR5120GB/s placeholder |
·· 4.15 TFLOPS | ·· 2.54 TFLOPS |
Form Factor iGPU | Form Factor Soldered |
TDP Shared | TDP 75W |
Clock Speed ·· | Clock Speed ·· |
Peak OPS 8.29 TFLOPSFP8-16 Tensor | Peak OPS 2.54 TFLOPSFP32 |
Tensor FP8-16 8.29 TFLOPSTensor FP8-32 8.29 TFLOPS | - |
Tensor FP16-16 4.15 TFLOPSTensor FP16-32 4.15 TFLOPS | - |
FP32 4.15 TFLOPS | FP32 2.54 TFLOPS |
- | FP64 79.44 GFLOPS |
Pixel Rate 64.8 GPixel/s | Pixel Rate 47.7 GPixel/s |
Texture Rate 129.6 GTexel/s | Texture Rate 79.4 GTexel/s |
Shaders 1,280 Shaders | Shaders 1,280 Shaders |
TMUs 80 TMUs | TMUs 80 TMUs |
ROPs 40 ROPs | ROPs 48 ROPs |
Tensor Cores 10 T-Cores | Tensor Cores - |
RT Cores 10 RT-Cores | RT Cores - |
EUs 160 EUs | SMs 10 SMs |
Boost Clock 1.62GHz | Boost Clock 993MHz |
L2 Cache 2MB shared | L2 Cache 1.5MB shared |
Shared MemoryLPDDR5X | 3GB GDDR5 placeholder |
Memory Bus 128-bit | Memory Bus 192-bit |
Memory Speed 9.6GT/s | Memory Speed 5GT/s |
Memory Bandwidth 153.6GB/s | Memory Bandwidth 120GB/s |
TDP Shared | TDP 75W |
Multi-Monitor 2 | Multi-Monitor 3 |
Encoder Model Apple Media Engine 3 | Encoder Model 2x NVENC 3 |
Decoder Model Apple Media Engine 3 | Decoder Model NVDEC 1 |
Form Factor iGPU | Form Factor Soldered |
Manufacturer | Manufacturer |
Chip Designer | Chip Designer |
Architecture | Architecture |
Family | Family |
Branding ![]() | Branding ![]() |
Codename G17G | Codename NV124 |
Market Segment Laptop | Market Segment Laptop |
Release Date Oct 15, 2025 | Release Date Oct 7, 2014 |
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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CPUs | CPUs - |
Laptops | Laptops |



