Apple 40-Core M5 Max vs NVIDIA V100 SXM Full Specs

Summary

5,120 Shaders 1.62GHz	5,120 Shaders 1.53GHz
Shared Memory614.4GB/sLPDDR5X	32GB HBM2896GB/s placeholder
Peak·FP32·FP16 16.59 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 15.67 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor SXM3
TDP Shared	TDP 300W

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 Tensor FP8-16 Tensor FP8-32 Tensor FP16-16 Tensor FP16-32 FP64 Memory Bandwidth TDP

40-Core M5 Max33.18 TFLOPSFP8-16 Tensor

x1

V100 SXM125.3 TFLOPSFP16-16 Tensor

x3.78

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1620MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1530MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 33.18 TFLOPSFP8-16 Tensor	Peak OPS 125.3 TFLOPSFP16-16 Tensor
Tensor FP8-16 33.18 TFLOPS Tensor FP8-32 33.18 TFLOPS	-
Tensor FP16-16 16.59 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 16.59 TFLOPS	Tensor FP16-16 125.3 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 125.3 TFLOPS
FP32 16.59 TFLOPS	FP32 15.67 TFLOPS
-	FP64 7.83 TFLOPS
Pixel Rate 259.2 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 195.8 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 518.4 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 489.6 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 5,120 Shaders	Shaders 5,120 Shaders
TMUs 320 TMUs	TMUs 320 TMUs
ROPs 160 ROPs	ROPs 128 ROPs
Tensor Cores 40 T-Cores	Tensor Cores 640 T-Cores
RT Cores 40 RT-Cores	RT Cores -
EUs 640 EUs	SMs 80 SMs

Clocks

Base Clock -	Base Clock 1.29GHz
Boost Clock 1.62GHz	Boost Clock 1.53GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 8.2MB shared

L2 Cache 6.1MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5X	32GB HBM2 placeholder
Memory Bus 512-bit	Memory Bus 4096-bit
Memory Speed 9.6GT/s	Memory Speed 1.8GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 614.4GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 896GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Power & Thermals

TDP Shared

TDP 300W

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 4

Multi-Monitor -

Encoder

Encoder Model 2x Apple Media Engine 3

Encoder Model 3x NVENC 5

Decoder

Decoder Model 2x Apple Media Engine 3

Decoder Model NVDEC 3

Card

Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor SXM3
Cooling Open-Air	Cooling Passive

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer NVIDIA
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer NVIDIA
Architecture Apple Gen 8	Architecture Volta
Family M Series	Family Server
Branding	Branding
Codename G17M	Codename NV140
Chip Variant -	Chip Variant GV100-400-A1
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Server
Release Date Mar 3, 2026	Release Date Mar 27, 2018

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3P	Fabrication Node 12FFN
Die Size -	Die Size 815mm²
Transistor Count -	Transistor Count 21.1 Billion
Transistor Density -	Transistor Density 25.89 MTr/mm²

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Used In

CPUs M5 Max (18C40G)	CPUs -
Laptops MacBook Pro 14(M5 Max, Early 2026)MacBook Pro 16(M5 Max, Early 2026)	Laptops -

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