Apple 40-Core M3 Max vs Apple 5-Core A16 Full Specs - HMC

5,120 Shaders 1.38GHz	640 Shaders 1.34GHz
Shared Memory409.6GB/sLPDDR5	Shared Memory51.2GB/sLPDDR5
·· 14.13 TFLOPS	·· 1.71 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
TDP Shared	TDP Shared

40-Core M3 Max

40-Core M3 Max14.13 TFLOPSFP16

x8.25

5-Core A16

5-Core A161.71 TFLOPSFP16

x1

Clock Speed ··	Clock Speed ··
Peak OPS 14.13 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 1.71 TFLOPSFP16
FP32 14.13 TFLOPS	FP32 1.71 TFLOPS
Pixel Rate 220.8 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 26.8 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 441.6 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 53.5 GTexel/s

Shaders 5,120 Shaders	Shaders 640 Shaders
TMUs 320 TMUs	TMUs 40 TMUs
ROPs 160 ROPs	ROPs 20 ROPs
RT Cores 40 RT-Cores	RT Cores -
EUs 640 EUs	EUs 80 EUs

Boost Clock

1.38GHz

Boost Clock

1.34GHz

L2 Cache

8MB shared

L2 Cache

512KB shared

Shared MemoryLPDDR5	Shared MemoryLPDDR5
Memory Bus 512-bit	Memory Bus 64-bit
Memory Speed 6.4GT/s	Memory Speed 6.4GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 409.6GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 51.2GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Max Resolution 7680x4320	Max Resolution 3840x2160
Refresh Rate Calculator 7680x4320 Resolution8K UHD Refresh Rate 60Hz	Refresh Rate Calculator 3840x2160 Resolution4K UHD Refresh Rate 60Hz
Multi-Monitor 4	Multi-Monitor 1
DSC Supported	DSC Not Supported

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

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

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

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer Apple
Architecture Apple Gen 6	Architecture Apple Gen 5
Family M Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename G15M	Codename G15P
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Oct 30, 2023	Release Date Sep 16, 2022

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3B	Fabrication Node N4P
Die Size 477mm²	Die Size 115mm²
Transistor Count 92B	Transistor Count 16B
Transistor Density 193 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 139 MTr/mm²