Apple 4-Core A16 vs Apple 80-Core M5 Ultra Full Specs

Summary

512 Shaders 1.34GHz	10,240 Shaders 1.62GHz
Shared Memory51.2GB/sLPDDR5	Shared Memory1.23TB/sLPDDR5X
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.37 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 33.18 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

4-Core A161.37 TFLOPSFP16

x1

80-Core M5 Ultra265.4 TOPSINT8 Tensor

x193.72

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1338MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1620MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 1.37 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 265.4 TOPSINT8 Tensor
-	Tensor FP16-16 66.36 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 66.36 TFLOPS
-	Tensor BF16 132.7 TFLOPS
FP32 1.37 TFLOPS	FP32 33.18 TFLOPS
-	Tensor INT8 265.4 TOPS
Pixel Rate 21.4 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 518.4 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 42.8 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 1.04 TTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 512 Shaders	Shaders 10,240 Shaders
TMUs 32 TMUs	TMUs 640 TMUs
ROPs 16 ROPs	ROPs 320 ROPs
Tensor Cores -	Tensor Cores 80 T-Cores
RT Cores -	RT Cores 80 RT-Cores
EUs 64 EUs	EUs 1,280 EUs

Clocks

Boost Clock 1.34GHz

Boost Clock 1.62GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 512KB shared

L2 Cache 16MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5	Shared MemoryLPDDR5X
Memory Bus 64-bit	Memory Bus 1024-bit
Memory Speed 6.4GT/s	Memory Speed 9.6GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 51.2GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 1.23TB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Video Output

Max Resolution 3840x2160	Max Resolution 7680x4320
Refresh Rate Calculator 3840x2160 Resolution4K UHD Refresh Rate 60Hz	Refresh Rate Calculator 7680x4320 Resolution8K UHD Refresh Rate 120Hz
Multi-Monitor 1	Multi-Monitor 8
DSC Not Supported	DSC Supported

Encoder

-	Encoder 4x Apple Media Engine 3
Codec -	Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) ProRes

Decoder

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

Card

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

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer Apple
Architecture Apple Gen 5	Architecture Apple Gen 8
Family A Series	Family M Series
Branding	Branding
Codename G15P	Codename G17D
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Workstation
Release Date Mar 4, 2025	Release Date Aug 25, 2026

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N4P	Fabrication Node N3P
Die Size 115mm²	Die Size -
Transistor Count 16B	Transistor Count -
Transistor Density 139 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density -

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