Apple 40-Core M5 Max vs Apple 32-Core M4 Max Full Specs - HMC

5,120 Shaders 1.62GHz	4,096 Shaders 1.58GHz
Shared Memory614.4GB/sLPDDR5X	Shared Memory409.6GB/sLPDDR5X
·· 16.59 TFLOPS	·· 12.93 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
TDP Shared	TDP Shared

Clock Speed ··	Clock Speed ··
Peak OPS 132.7 TOPSINT8 Tensor	Peak OPS 12.93 TFLOPSFP16
Tensor FP16-16 33.18 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 33.18 TFLOPS	-
Tensor BF16 66.36 TFLOPS	-
FP32 16.59 TFLOPS	FP32 12.93 TFLOPS
Tensor INT8 132.7 TOPS	-
Pixel Rate 259.2 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 202 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 518.4 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 404 GTexel/s

Shaders 5,120 Shaders	Shaders 4,096 Shaders
TMUs 320 TMUs	TMUs 256 TMUs
ROPs 160 ROPs	ROPs 128 ROPs
Tensor Cores 40 T-Cores	Tensor Cores -
RT Cores 40 RT-Cores	RT Cores 32 RT-Cores
EUs 640 EUs	EUs 512 EUs

Boost Clock

1.62GHz

Boost Clock

1.58GHz

L2 Cache

8MB shared

L2 Cache

8MB shared

Shared MemoryLPDDR5X	Shared MemoryLPDDR5X
Memory Bus 512-bit	Memory Bus 384-bit
Memory Speed 9.6GT/s	Memory Speed 8.5GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 614.4GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 409.6GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Multi-Monitor

4

Multi-Monitor

4

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

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

Form Factor

iGPU

Form Factor

iGPU

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer Apple
Architecture Apple Gen 8	Architecture Apple Gen 7
Family M Series	Family M Series
Branding	Branding
Codename G17M	Codename G16M
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Laptop
Release Date Mar 3, 2026	Release Date Oct 30, 2024

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3P	Fabrication Node N3E
Die Size -	Die Size 454mm²
Transistor Count -	Transistor Count 76 Billion
Transistor Density -	Transistor Density 167 MTr/mm²