Apple 5-Core A18 Pro vs Apple 32-Core M5 Max Full Specs

Summary

640 Shaders 1.47GHz	4,096 Shaders 1.62GHz
Shared Memory60GB/sLPDDR5X	Shared Memory460.8GB/sLPDDR5X
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.88 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 FP16-16 Tensor FP16-32 Tensor BF16 Tensor INT8 Memory Bandwidth

5-Core A18 Pro1.88 TFLOPSFP16

x1

32-Core M5 Max106.2 TOPSINT8 Tensor

x56.42

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1470MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1620MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 1.88 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 106.2 TOPSINT8 Tensor
-	Tensor FP16-16 26.54 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 26.54 TFLOPS
-	Tensor BF16 53.08 TFLOPS
FP32 1.88 TFLOPS	FP32 13.27 TFLOPS
-	Tensor INT8 106.2 TOPS
Pixel Rate 29.4 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 207.4 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 58.8 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 414.7 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 640 Shaders	Shaders 4,096 Shaders
TMUs 40 TMUs	TMUs 256 TMUs
ROPs 20 ROPs	ROPs 128 ROPs
Tensor Cores -	Tensor Cores 32 T-Cores
RT Cores 5 RT-Cores	RT Cores 32 RT-Cores
EUs 80 EUs	EUs 512 EUs

Clocks

Boost Clock 1.47GHz

Boost Clock 1.62GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 768KB shared

L2 Cache 8MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5X	Shared MemoryLPDDR5X
Memory Bus 64-bit	Memory Bus 384-bit
Memory Speed 7.5GT/s	Memory Speed 9.6GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 60GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 460.8GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Video Output

Max Resolution 3840x2160	Max Resolution 7680x4320
Refresh Rate Calculator 3840x2160 Resolution4K UHD Refresh Rate 60Hz	Refresh Rate Calculator 7680x4320 Resolution8K UHD Refresh Rate 120Hz
Multi-Monitor 1	Multi-Monitor 4
DSC Not Supported	DSC Supported

Encoder

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

Decoder

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

Card

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

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer Apple
Architecture Apple Gen 7	Architecture Apple Gen 8
Family A Series	Family M Series
Branding	Branding
Codename G17P	Codename G17M
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Mar 4, 2026	Release Date Mar 3, 2026

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3E	Fabrication Node N3P
Die Size 110mm²	Die Size 321mm²
Transistor Count 18.4B	Transistor Count -
Transistor Density 168 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density -

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