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

Summary

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

60-Core M3 Ultra21.2 TFLOPSFP16

x1

40-Core M5 Max33.18 TFLOPSFP8-16 Tensor

x1.57

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Theoretical Performance

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

Core Config

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

Clocks

Boost Clock 1.38GHz

Boost Clock 1.62GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 16.4MB shared

L2 Cache 8.2MB shared

Memory

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

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 8

Multi-Monitor 4

Encoder

Encoder Model 4x Apple Media Engine 3

Encoder Model 2x 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 Passive	Cooling Open-Air

Chip

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

Fabrication

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

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Used In

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

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