Apple 32-Core M5 Max vs Apple 4-Core A18 Full Specs

Summary

4,096 Shaders 1.62GHz	512 Shaders 1.34GHz
Shared Memory460.8GB/sLPDDR5X	Shared Memory60GB/sLPDDR5X
Peak·FP32·FP16 13.27 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.37 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

x77.49

4-Core A181.37 TFLOPSFP16

x1

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1620MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1338MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 106.2 TOPSINT8 Tensor	Peak OPS 1.37 TFLOPSFP16
Tensor FP16-16 26.54 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 26.54 TFLOPS	-
Tensor BF16 53.08 TFLOPS	-
FP32 13.27 TFLOPS	FP32 1.37 TFLOPS
Tensor INT8 106.2 TOPS	-
Pixel Rate 207.4 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 21.4 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 414.7 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 42.8 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 4,096 Shaders	Shaders 512 Shaders
TMUs 256 TMUs	TMUs 32 TMUs
ROPs 128 ROPs	ROPs 16 ROPs
Tensor Cores 32 T-Cores	Tensor Cores -
RT Cores 32 RT-Cores	RT Cores 4 RT-Cores
EUs 512 EUs	EUs 64 EUs

Clocks

Boost Clock 1.62GHz

Boost Clock 1.34GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 8MB shared

L2 Cache 768KB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5X	Shared MemoryLPDDR5X
Memory Bus 384-bit	Memory Bus 64-bit
Memory Speed 9.6GT/s	Memory Speed 7.5GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 460.8GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 60GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Video Output

Max Resolution 7680x4320	Max Resolution 3840x2160
Refresh Rate Calculator 7680x4320 Resolution8K UHD Refresh Rate 120Hz	Refresh Rate Calculator 3840x2160 Resolution4K UHD Refresh Rate 60Hz
Multi-Monitor 4	Multi-Monitor 1
DSC Supported	DSC Not Supported

Encoder

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

Card

Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
Cooling Blower 2x Fans	Cooling Open-Air -

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer Apple
Architecture Apple Gen 8	Architecture Apple Gen 7
Family M Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename G17M	Codename G17A
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Mar 3, 2026	Release Date Feb 19, 2025

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3P	Fabrication Node N3E
Die Size -	Die Size 90mm²
Transistor Count -	Transistor Count 15.5B
Transistor Density -	Transistor Density 172 MTr/mm²

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