Apple 32-Core M5 Max vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Full Specs

Summary

4,096 Shaders 1.62GHz	3,584 Shaders 1.58GHz
Shared Memory460.8GB/sLPDDR5X	11GB GDDR5X484GB/s placeholder
Peak·FP32·FP16 13.27 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 11.34 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor PCIe Card
TDP Shared	TDP 250W
Power Connectors -	Power Connectors 1x 8-Pin 1x 6-Pin

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 Tensor FP8-16 Tensor FP8-32 Tensor FP16-16 Tensor FP16-32 FP64 Memory Bandwidth TDP

32-Core M5 Max26.54 TFLOPSFP8-16 Tensor

x2.34

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti11.34 TFLOPSFP32

x1

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1620MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1582MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 26.54 TFLOPSFP8-16 Tensor	Peak OPS 11.34 TFLOPSFP32
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 11.34 TFLOPS
-	FP64 354.4 GFLOPS
Pixel Rate 207.4 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 139.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 414.7 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 354.4 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 4,096 Shaders	Shaders 3,584 Shaders
TMUs 256 TMUs	TMUs 224 TMUs
ROPs 128 ROPs	ROPs 88 ROPs
Tensor Cores 32 T-Cores	Tensor Cores -
RT Cores 32 RT-Cores	RT Cores -
EUs 512 EUs	SMs 28 SMs

Clocks

Base Clock -	Base Clock 1.48GHz
Boost Clock 1.62GHz	Boost Clock 1.58GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 8.2MB shared

L2 Cache 2.8MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5X	11GB GDDR5X placeholder
Memory Bus 384-bit	Memory Bus 352-bit
Memory Speed 9.6GT/s	Memory Speed 11GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 460.8GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 484GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Power & Thermals

TDP Shared

TDP 250W

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 4

Multi-Monitor 3

Ports

-	3x DisplayPort 1.4
-	1x HDMI 2.0

Encoder

Encoder Model 2x Apple Media Engine 3

Encoder Model 2x NVENC 4

Decoder

Decoder Model 2x Apple Media Engine 3

Decoder Model NVDEC 3

Card

Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor PCIe Card
PCIe -	PCIe 2-Slots
-	Height 112 mm (4.41") Width 267 mm (10.51") Depth 40 mm (1.57")
Cooling Open-Air -	Cooling Blower 1x Fan
Power Connectors -	Power Connectors 1x 8-Pin, 1x 6-Pin

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer NVIDIA
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer NVIDIA
Architecture Apple Gen 8	Architecture Pascal
Family M Series	Family GeForce 10
Branding	Branding
Codename G17M	Codename NV132
Chip Variant -	Chip Variant GP102-350-K1-A1
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Mar 3, 2026	Release Date Mar 5, 2017

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3P	Fabrication Node 16FF
Die Size -	Die Size 471mm²
Transistor Count -	Transistor Count 11.8 Billion
Transistor Density -	Transistor Density 25.05 MTr/mm²

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Used In

CPUs M5 Max (18C32G)	CPUs -
Laptops MacBook Pro 14(M5 Max, Early 2026)MacBook Pro 16(M5 Max, Early 2026)	Laptops -

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