Apple 32-Core M5 Max vs NVIDIA GB10 Full Specs

Summary

4,096 Shaders 1.62GHz	6,144 Shaders 2.52GHz
Shared Memory460.8GB/sLPDDR5X	Shared Memory273.1GB/sLPDDR5X
Peak·FP32·FP16 13.27 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 31.03 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
TDP Shared	TDP Shared

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 Tensor FP4 FP4 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP8-16 FP8-16 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP8-32 FP8-32 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP16-16 FP16-16 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP16-32 FP16-32 Tensor Sparse FP64 BF16 Tensor BF16 BF16 Tensor Sparse Tensor TF32 Tensor INT8 Memory Bandwidth

32-Core M5 Max26.54 TFLOPSFP8-16 Tensor

x1

GB10992.9 TFLOPSFP4 Tensor Sparse

x37.41

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1620MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed2525MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 26.54 TFLOPSFP8-16 Tensor	Peak OPS 992.9 TFLOPSFP4 Tensor Sparse
-	Tensor FP4 496.4 TFLOPS FP4 Tensor Sparse 992.9 TFLOPS
Tensor FP8-16 26.54 TFLOPS FP8-16 Tensor Sparse - Tensor FP8-32 26.54 TFLOPS FP8-32 Tensor Sparse -	Tensor FP8-16 248.2 TFLOPS FP8-16 Tensor Sparse 496.4 TFLOPS Tensor FP8-32 124.1 TFLOPS FP8-32 Tensor Sparse 248.2 TFLOPS
Tensor FP16-16 13.27 TFLOPS FP16-16 Tensor Sparse - Tensor FP16-32 13.27 TFLOPS FP16-32 Tensor Sparse -	Tensor FP16-16 124.1 TFLOPS FP16-16 Tensor Sparse 248.2 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 62.05 TFLOPS FP16-32 Tensor Sparse 124.1 TFLOPS
-	BF16 62.05 TFLOPS Tensor BF16 62.05 TFLOPS BF16 Tensor Sparse 124.1 TFLOPS
Tensor TF32 -	Tensor TF32 31.03 TFLOPS
FP32 13.27 TFLOPS	FP32 31.03 TFLOPS
-	FP64 15.51 TFLOPS
-	Tensor INT8 248.2 TOPS
Ray -	Ray 94.1 TOPS
Pixel Rate 207.4 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 80.8 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 414.7 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 484.8 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 4,096 Shaders	Shaders 6,144 Shaders
TMUs 256 TMUs	TMUs 192 TMUs
ROPs 128 ROPs	ROPs 32 ROPs
Tensor Cores 32 T-Cores	Tensor Cores 192 T-Cores
RT Cores 32 RT-Cores	RT Cores 48 RT-Cores
EUs 512 EUs	SMs 48 SMs

Clocks

Base Clock -	Base Clock 2.42GHz
Boost Clock 1.62GHz	Boost Clock 2.52GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 8.2MB shared

L2 Cache 24.6MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5X	Shared MemoryLPDDR5X
Memory Bus 384-bit	Memory Bus 256-bit
Memory Speed 9.6GT/s	Memory Speed 8.5GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 460.8GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 273.1GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 4	Multi-Monitor 4
HDCP -	HDCP HDCP 2.3

Encoder

Encoder Model 2x Apple Media Engine 3

Encoder Model NVENC 9

Decoder

Decoder Model 2x Apple Media Engine 3

Decoder Model NVDEC 6

Card

Form Factor iGPU

Form Factor iGPU

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer NVIDIA
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer NVIDIA
Architecture Apple Gen 8	Architecture Blackwell
Family M Series	Family -
Branding	Branding
Codename G17M	Codename Thor
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Embedded
Release Date Mar 3, 2026	Release Date Jan 6, 2025

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3P	Fabrication Node N3E

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Used In

CPUs M5 Max (18C32G)	CPUs Grace Blackwell GB10
Laptops MacBook Pro 14(M5 Max, Early 2026)MacBook Pro 16(M5 Max, Early 2026)	Laptops -
Desktops -	Desktops DGX Spark(Late 2025)

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