Apple 40-Core M5 Max vs Apple 60-Core M3 Ultra Full Specs

Summary

5,120 Shaders 1.62GHz	7,680 Shaders 1.38GHz
Shared Memory614.4GB/sLPDDR5X	Shared Memory819.2GB/sLPDDR5
Peak·FP32·FP16 16.59 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 21.2 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
TDP Shared	TDP Shared

Highlights

Peak OPS

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

40-Core M5 Max33.18 TFLOPSFP8-16 Tensor

x1.57

60-Core M3 Ultra21.2 TFLOPSFP16

x1

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1620MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1380MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 33.18 TFLOPSFP8-16 Tensor	Peak OPS 21.2 TFLOPSFP16
Tensor FP8-16 33.18 TFLOPS Tensor FP8-32 33.18 TFLOPS	-
Tensor FP16-16 16.59 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 16.59 TFLOPS	-
FP32 16.59 TFLOPS	FP32 21.2 TFLOPS
Pixel Rate 259.2 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 331.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 518.4 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 662.4 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 5,120 Shaders	Shaders 7,680 Shaders
TMUs 320 TMUs	TMUs 480 TMUs
ROPs 160 ROPs	ROPs 240 ROPs
Tensor Cores 40 T-Cores	Tensor Cores -
RT Cores 40 RT-Cores	RT Cores 60 RT-Cores
EUs 640 EUs	EUs 960 EUs

Clocks

Boost Clock 1.62GHz

Boost Clock 1.38GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 8.2MB shared

L2 Cache 16.4MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5X	Shared MemoryLPDDR5
Memory Bus 512-bit	Memory Bus 1024-bit
Memory Speed 9.6GT/s	Memory Speed 6.4GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 614.4GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 819.2GB/s

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 4

Multi-Monitor 8

Encoder

Encoder Model 2x Apple Media Engine 3

Encoder Model 4x Apple Media Engine 3

Decoder

Decoder Model 2x Apple Media Engine 3

Decoder Model 2x Apple Media Engine 3

Card

Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
Cooling Open-Air	Cooling Passive

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer Apple
Architecture Apple Gen 8	Architecture Apple Gen 6
Family M Series	Family M Series
Branding	Branding
Codename G17M	Codename G15D
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Workstation
Release Date Mar 3, 2026	Release Date Mar 5, 2025

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3P	Fabrication Node N3B
Die Size -	Die Size 954mm²
Transistor Count -	Transistor Count 184 Billion
Transistor Density -	Transistor Density 193 MTr/mm²

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Used In

CPUs M5 Max (18C40G)	CPUs M3 Ultra (28C60G)
Laptops MacBook Pro 14(M5 Max, Early 2026)MacBook Pro 16(M5 Max, Early 2026)	Laptops -
Desktops -	Desktops Mac Studio(M3 Ultra, Early 2025)

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