Apple 32-Core M5 Max vs Apple 30-Core M2 Max Full Specs

Summary

4,096 Shaders 1.62GHz	3,840 Shaders 1.4GHz
Shared Memory460.8GB/sLPDDR5X	Shared Memory409.6GB/sLPDDR5
Peak·FP32·FP16 13.27 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 10.74 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
TDP Shared	TDP Shared

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 Tensor FP16-16 Tensor FP16-32 Tensor BF16 Tensor INT8 Memory Bandwidth

32-Core M5 Max106.2 TOPSINT8 Tensor

x9.89

30-Core M2 Max10.74 TFLOPSFP16

x1

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1620MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1398MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 106.2 TOPSINT8 Tensor	Peak OPS 10.74 TFLOPSFP16
Tensor FP16-16 26.54 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 26.54 TFLOPS	-
Tensor BF16 53.08 TFLOPS	-
FP32 13.27 TFLOPS	FP32 10.74 TFLOPS
Tensor INT8 106.2 TOPS	-
Pixel Rate 207.4 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 167.8 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 414.7 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 335.5 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 4,096 Shaders	Shaders 3,840 Shaders
TMUs 256 TMUs	TMUs 240 TMUs
ROPs 128 ROPs	ROPs 120 ROPs
Tensor Cores 32 T-Cores	Tensor Cores -
RT Cores 32 RT-Cores	RT Cores -
EUs 512 EUs	EUs 480 EUs

Clocks

Boost Clock 1.62GHz

Boost Clock 1.4GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 8MB shared

L2 Cache 8MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5X	Shared MemoryLPDDR5
Memory Bus 384-bit	Memory Bus 512-bit
Memory Speed 9.6GT/s	Memory Speed 6.4GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 460.8GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 409.6GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Video Output

Max Resolution 7680x4320	Max Resolution 7680x4320
Refresh Rate Calculator 7680x4320 Resolution8K UHD Refresh Rate 120Hz	Refresh Rate Calculator 7680x4320 Resolution8K UHD Refresh Rate 60Hz
Multi-Monitor 4	Multi-Monitor 4
DSC Supported	DSC Supported

Encoder

Encoder 2x Apple Media Engine 3	Encoder 2x Apple Media Engine 2
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) ProRes	Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) ProRes

Decoder

Decoder 2x Apple Media Engine 3	Decoder Apple Media Engine 2
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1 ProRes	Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - ProRes

Card

Form Factor iGPU

Form Factor iGPU

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer Apple
Architecture Apple Gen 8	Architecture Apple Gen 5
Family M Series	Family M Series
Branding	Branding
Codename G17M	Codename G14C
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Mar 3, 2026	Release Date Jan 17, 2023

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3P	Fabrication Node N5P
Die Size -	Die Size 486mm²
Transistor Count -	Transistor Count 67B
Transistor Density -	Transistor Density 138 MTr/mm²

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Used In

CPUs AppleM5 Max (18C32G)18 Cores (6P+12M)	CPUs AppleM2 Max (12C30G)12 Cores (8P+4E)
Laptops AppleMacBook Pro 14M5 Max, Early 2026AppleMacBook Pro 16M5 Max, Early 2026	Laptops AppleMacBook Pro 14M2 Max, Early 2023AppleMacBook Pro 16M2 Max, Early 2023
Desktops -	Desktops AppleMac StudioM2 Max, Mid 2023

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