Apple 8-Core M3 vs Apple 10-Core M5 Full Specs

Summary

1,024 Shaders 1.34GHz	1,280 Shaders 1.62GHz
Shared Memory102.4GB/sLPDDR5	Shared Memory153.6GB/sLPDDR5X
Peak·FP32·FP16 2.74 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 4.15 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

8-Core M32.74 TFLOPSFP16

x1

10-Core M58.29 TFLOPSFP8-16 Tensor

x3.03

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1338MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1620MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 2.74 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 8.29 TFLOPSFP8-16 Tensor
-	Tensor FP8-16 8.29 TFLOPS Tensor FP8-32 8.29 TFLOPS
-	Tensor FP16-16 4.15 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 4.15 TFLOPS
FP32 2.74 TFLOPS	FP32 4.15 TFLOPS
Pixel Rate 42.8 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 64.8 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 85.6 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 129.6 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 1,024 Shaders	Shaders 1,280 Shaders
TMUs 64 TMUs	TMUs 80 TMUs
ROPs 32 ROPs	ROPs 40 ROPs
Tensor Cores -	Tensor Cores 10 T-Cores
RT Cores 8 RT-Cores	RT Cores 10 RT-Cores
EUs 128 EUs	EUs 160 EUs

Clocks

Boost Clock 1.34GHz

Boost Clock 1.62GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 2MB shared

L2 Cache 2MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5	Shared MemoryLPDDR5X
Memory Bus 128-bit	Memory Bus 128-bit
Memory Speed 6.4GT/s	Memory Speed 9.6GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 102.4GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 153.6GB/s

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 1

Multi-Monitor 2

Encoder

Encoder Model Apple Media Engine 3

Encoder Model Apple Media Engine 3

Decoder

Decoder Model Apple Media Engine 3

Decoder Model Apple Media Engine 3

Card

Form Factor iGPU

Form Factor iGPU

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 G15G	Codename G17G
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Laptop
Release Date Oct 30, 2023	Release Date Oct 15, 2025

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3B	Fabrication Node N3P
Die Size 153mm²	Die Size -
Transistor Count 25 Billion	Transistor Count -
Transistor Density 164 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density -

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Used In

CPUs M3 (8C8G)	CPUs M5 (10C10G)
Laptops -	Laptops MacBook Pro 14(M5, Late 2025)
All-in-Ones iMac 24(M3, Two Ports, Late 2023)	All-in-Ones -

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