GPUs

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

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

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

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

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

Boost Clock
1.38GHz
Boost Clock
1.62GHz

L2 Cache
8.2MB shared
L2 Cache
4.1MB shared

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

Multi-Monitor
4
Multi-Monitor
3

Encoder Model
2x Apple Media Engine 3
Encoder Model
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
M3 Max branding
Branding
M5 Pro branding
Codename
G15M
Codename
G17S
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
Oct 30, 2023
Release Date
Mar 3, 2026

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

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