Apple 32-Core M5 Max vs Apple 40-Core M4 Max Full Specs - HMC

4,096 Shaders 1.62GHz	5,120 Shaders 1.58GHz
Shared Memory460.8GB/sLPDDR5X	Shared Memory546.1GB/sLPDDR5X
·· 13.27 TFLOPS	·· 16.16 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
TDP Shared	TDP Shared

Clock Speed ··	Clock Speed ··
Peak OPS 106.2 TOPSINT8 Tensor	Peak OPS 16.16 TFLOPSFP16
Tensor FP16-16 26.54 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 26.54 TFLOPS	-
Tensor BF16 53.08 TFLOPS	-
FP32 13.27 TFLOPS	FP32 16.16 TFLOPS
Tensor INT8 106.2 TOPS	-
Pixel Rate 207.4 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 252.5 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 414.7 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 505 GTexel/s

Shaders 4,096 Shaders	Shaders 5,120 Shaders
TMUs 256 TMUs	TMUs 320 TMUs
ROPs 128 ROPs	ROPs 160 ROPs
Tensor Cores 32 T-Cores	Tensor Cores -
RT Cores 32 RT-Cores	RT Cores 40 RT-Cores
EUs 512 EUs	EUs 640 EUs

Boost Clock

1.62GHz

Boost Clock

1.58GHz

L2 Cache

8MB shared

L2 Cache

8MB shared

Shared MemoryLPDDR5X	Shared MemoryLPDDR5X
Memory Bus 384-bit	Memory Bus 512-bit
Memory Speed 9.6GT/s	Memory Speed 8.5GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 460.8GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 546.1GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Multi-Monitor

4

Multi-Monitor

4

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

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

Form Factor

iGPU

Form Factor

iGPU

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer Apple
Architecture Apple Gen 8	Architecture Apple Gen 7
Family M Series	Family M Series
Branding	Branding
Codename G17M	Codename G16M
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Laptop
Release Date Mar 3, 2026	Release Date Oct 30, 2024

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3P	Fabrication Node N3E
Die Size -	Die Size 454mm²
Transistor Count -	Transistor Count 76 Billion
Transistor Density -	Transistor Density 167 MTr/mm²