GPUs

Apple 32-Core M5 Max vs Apple 38-Core M2 Max Full Specs

4,096 Shaders
1.62GHz
4,864 Shaders
1.4GHz
Shared Memory460.8GB/sLPDDR5X
Shared Memory409.6GB/sLPDDR5
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13.27 TFLOPS
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13.6 TFLOPS
Form Factor
iGPU
Form Factor
iGPU
TDP
Shared
TDP
Shared

32-Core M5 Max32-Core M5 Max26.54 TFLOPSFP8-16 Tensor
x1.95
38-Core M2 Max38-Core M2 Max13.6 TFLOPSFP16
x1

Clock Speed
··
Clock Speed
··
Peak OPS
26.54 TFLOPSFP8-16 Tensor
Peak OPS
13.6 TFLOPSFP16
Tensor FP8-16
26.54 TFLOPS
Tensor FP8-32
26.54 TFLOPS
-
Tensor FP16-16
13.27 TFLOPS
Tensor FP16-32
13.27 TFLOPS
-
FP32
13.27 TFLOPS
FP32
13.6 TFLOPS
Pixel Rate
207.4 GPixel/s
Pixel Rate
212.5 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
414.7 GTexel/s
Texture Rate
425 GTexel/s

Shaders
4,096 Shaders
Shaders
4,864 Shaders
TMUs
256 TMUs
TMUs
304 TMUs
ROPs
128 ROPs
ROPs
152 ROPs
Tensor Cores
32 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
-
RT Cores
32 RT-Cores
RT Cores
-
EUs
512 EUs
EUs
608 EUs

Boost Clock
1.62GHz
Boost Clock
1.4GHz

L2 Cache
8.2MB shared
L2 Cache
8.2MB shared

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

Multi-Monitor
4
Multi-Monitor
4

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

Decoder Model
2x Apple Media Engine 3
Decoder Model
Apple Media Engine 2

Form Factor
iGPU
Form Factor
iGPU

Manufacturer
Manufacturer
Chip Designer
Chip Designer
Architecture
Architecture
Family
Family
Branding
M5 Max branding
Branding
M2 Max branding
Codename
G17M
Codename
G14C
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
Mar 3, 2026
Release Date
Jan 17, 2023

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

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