Apple 10-Core M5 vs NVIDIA GeForce MX550 Full Specs

Summary

1,280 Shaders 1.62GHz	1,024 Shaders 1.32GHz
Shared Memory153.6GB/sLPDDR5X	2GB GDDR696GB/s placeholder
Peak·FP32·FP16 4.15 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 2.7 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor Soldered
TDP Shared	TDP 25W

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

x1.53

GeForce MX5505.41 TFLOPSFP16

x1

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1620MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1320MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 8.29 TFLOPSFP8-16 Tensor	Peak OPS 5.41 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 2.7 TFLOPS
-	FP64 84.48 GFLOPS
Pixel Rate 64.8 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 21.1 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 129.6 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 42.2 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 1,280 Shaders	Shaders 1,024 Shaders
TMUs 80 TMUs	TMUs 32 TMUs
ROPs 40 ROPs	ROPs 16 ROPs
Tensor Cores 10 T-Cores	Tensor Cores -
RT Cores 10 RT-Cores	RT Cores -
EUs 160 EUs	SMs 8 SMs

Clocks

Base Clock -	Base Clock 1.06GHz
Boost Clock 1.62GHz	Boost Clock 1.32GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 2MB shared

L2 Cache 1MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5X	2GB GDDR6 placeholder
Memory Bus 128-bit	Memory Bus 64-bit
Memory Speed 9.6GT/s	Memory Speed 12GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 153.6GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 96GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP Shared

TDP 25W

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 2	Multi-Monitor 3
HDCP -	HDCP HDCP 2.2

Encoder

Encoder Model Apple Media Engine 3

-

Decoder

Decoder Model Apple Media Engine 3

-

Card

Form Factor iGPU

Form Factor Soldered

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer NVIDIA
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer NVIDIA
Architecture Apple Gen 8	Architecture Turing
Family M Series	Family GeForce MX
Branding	Branding
Codename G17G	Codename NV167
Chip Variant -	Chip Variant TU117-150-A1
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Laptop
Release Date Oct 15, 2025	Release Date Mar 1, 2022

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3P	Fabrication Node 12FFN
Die Size -	Die Size 200mm²
Transistor Count -	Transistor Count 4.7 Billion
Transistor Density -	Transistor Density 23.5 MTr/mm²

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Used In

CPUs M5 (10C10G)	CPUs -
Laptops MacBook Pro 14(M5, Late 2025)	Laptops Inspiron 16(5625, Mid 2022)Pavilion 14 Plus(Early 2022)Inspiron 16 2-in-1(27620, Mid 2022) Show 2 more

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