GPUs

Apple 16-Core M5 Pro vs Apple 30-Core M3 Max Full Specs

2,048 Shaders
1.62GHz
3,840 Shaders
1.38GHz
Shared Memory307.2GB/sLPDDR5X
Shared Memory307.2GB/sLPDDR5
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6.64 TFLOPS
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10.6 TFLOPS
Form Factor
iGPU
Form Factor
iGPU
TDP
Shared
TDP
Shared

16-Core M5 Pro16-Core M5 Pro13.27 TFLOPSFP8-16 Tensor
x1.25
30-Core M3 Max30-Core M3 Max10.6 TFLOPSFP16
x1

Clock Speed
··
Clock Speed
··
Peak OPS
13.27 TFLOPSFP8-16 Tensor
Peak OPS
10.6 TFLOPSFP16
Tensor FP8-16
13.27 TFLOPS
Tensor FP8-32
13.27 TFLOPS
-
Tensor FP16-16
6.64 TFLOPS
Tensor FP16-32
6.64 TFLOPS
-
FP32
6.64 TFLOPS
FP32
10.6 TFLOPS
Pixel Rate
103.7 GPixel/s
Pixel Rate
165.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
207.4 GTexel/s
Texture Rate
331.2 GTexel/s

Shaders
2,048 Shaders
Shaders
3,840 Shaders
TMUs
128 TMUs
TMUs
240 TMUs
ROPs
64 ROPs
ROPs
120 ROPs
Tensor Cores
16 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
-
RT Cores
16 RT-Cores
RT Cores
30 RT-Cores
EUs
256 EUs
EUs
480 EUs

Boost Clock
1.62GHz
Boost Clock
1.38GHz

L2 Cache
4.1MB shared
L2 Cache
8.2MB shared

Shared MemoryLPDDR5X
Shared MemoryLPDDR5
Memory Bus
256-bit
Memory Bus
384-bit
Memory Speed
9.6GT/s
Memory Speed
6.4GT/s
Memory Bandwidth
307.2GB/s
Memory Bandwidth
307.2GB/s

Multi-Monitor
3
Multi-Monitor
4

Encoder Model
Apple Media Engine 3
Encoder Model
2x Apple Media Engine 3

Decoder Model
Apple Media Engine 3
Decoder Model
Apple Media Engine 3

Form Factor
iGPU
Form Factor
iGPU

Manufacturer
Manufacturer
Chip Designer
Chip Designer
Architecture
Architecture
Family
Family
Branding
M5 Pro branding
Branding
M3 Max branding
Codename
G17S
Codename
G15M
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
Mar 3, 2026
Release Date
Oct 30, 2023

Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
N3P
Fabrication Node
N3B
Die Size
-
Die Size
477mm²
Transistor Count
-
Transistor Count
92 Billion
Transistor Density
-
Transistor Density
193 MTr/mm²

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