Apple 48-Core M1 Ultra vs Apple 32-Core M5 Max Full Specs

Summary

6,144 Shaders 1.3GHz	4,096 Shaders 1.62GHz
Shared Memory819.2GB/sLPDDR5	Shared Memory460.8GB/sLPDDR5X
Peak·FP32·FP16 15.93 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 13.27 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

48-Core M1 Ultra15.93 TFLOPSFP16

x1

32-Core M5 Max26.54 TFLOPSFP8-16 Tensor

x1.67

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1296MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1620MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 15.93 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 26.54 TFLOPSFP8-16 Tensor
-	Tensor FP8-16 26.54 TFLOPS Tensor FP8-32 26.54 TFLOPS
-	Tensor FP16-16 13.27 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 13.27 TFLOPS
FP32 15.93 TFLOPS	FP32 13.27 TFLOPS
Pixel Rate 248.8 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 207.4 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 497.7 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 414.7 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 6,144 Shaders	Shaders 4,096 Shaders
TMUs 384 TMUs	TMUs 256 TMUs
ROPs 192 ROPs	ROPs 128 ROPs
Tensor Cores -	Tensor Cores 32 T-Cores
RT Cores -	RT Cores 32 RT-Cores
EUs 768 EUs	EUs 512 EUs

Clocks

Boost Clock 1.3GHz

Boost Clock 1.62GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 8.2MB shared

L2 Cache 8.2MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5	Shared MemoryLPDDR5X
Memory Bus 1024-bit	Memory Bus 384-bit
Memory Speed 6.4GT/s	Memory Speed 9.6GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 819.2GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 460.8GB/s

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 5

Multi-Monitor 4

Encoder

Encoder Model 4x Apple Media Engine 2

Encoder Model 2x Apple Media Engine 3

Decoder

Decoder Model 2x Apple Media Engine 2

Decoder Model 2x Apple Media Engine 3

Card

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

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer Apple
Architecture Apple Gen 4	Architecture Apple Gen 8
Family M Series	Family M Series
Branding	Branding
Codename G13D	Codename G17M
Market Segment Workstation	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Mar 8, 2022	Release Date Mar 3, 2026

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N5	Fabrication Node N3P
Die Size 865mm²	Die Size -
Transistor Count 114 Billion	Transistor Count -
Transistor Density 132 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density -

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Used In

CPUs M1 Ultra (20C48G)	CPUs M5 Max (18C32G)
Laptops -	Laptops MacBook Pro 14(M5 Max, Early 2026)MacBook Pro 16(M5 Max, Early 2026)
Desktops Mac Studio(M1 Ultra, Early 2022)	Desktops -

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