GPUs

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

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

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

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

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

Boost Clock
1.4GHz
Boost Clock
1.62GHz

L2 Cache
8.2MB shared
L2 Cache
8.2MB shared

Shared MemoryLPDDR5
Shared MemoryLPDDR5X
Memory Bus
512-bit
Memory Bus
384-bit
Memory Speed
6.4GT/s
Memory Speed
9.6GT/s
Memory Bandwidth
409.6GB/s
Memory Bandwidth
460.8GB/s

Multi-Monitor
4
Multi-Monitor
4

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

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

Form Factor
iGPU
Form Factor
iGPU

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

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

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