Intel HD 600MHz 12EU Gen 8 vs Apple 10-Core M5-FL Full Specs

Summary

96 Shaders 600MHz	1,280 Shaders 1.58GHz
Shared Memory25.6GB/s DDR3L·LPDDR3	Shared Memory153.6GB/sLPDDR5X
Peak·FP32·FP16 115.2 GFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 4.04 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 FP64 Memory Bandwidth

HD 600MHz 12EU Gen 8230.4 GFLOPSFP16

x1

10-Core M5-FL8.08 TFLOPSFP8-16 Tensor

x35.07

Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed600MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1578MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 230.4 GFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 8.08 TFLOPSFP8-16 Tensor
-	Tensor FP8-16 8.08 TFLOPS Tensor FP8-32 8.08 TFLOPS
-	Tensor FP16-16 4.04 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 4.04 TFLOPS
FP32 115.2 GFLOPS	FP32 4.04 TFLOPS
FP64 28.8 GFLOPS	-
Pixel Rate 1.2 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 63.1 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 7.2 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 126.2 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 96 Shaders	Shaders 1,280 Shaders
TMUs 12 TMUs	TMUs 80 TMUs
ROPs 2 ROPs	ROPs 40 ROPs
Tensor Cores -	Tensor Cores 10 T-Cores
RT Cores -	RT Cores 10 RT-Cores
EUs 12 EUs	EUs 160 EUs

Clocks

Base Clock 320MHz	Base Clock -
Boost Clock 600MHz	Boost Clock 1.58GHz

Cache

L2 Cache -

L2 Cache 2MB shared

Memory

Shared Memory DDR3L·LPDDR3	Shared MemoryLPDDR5X
Memory Bus 128-bit	Memory Bus 128-bit
Memory Speed 1.6GT/s	Memory Speed 9.6GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 25.6GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 153.6GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 2

Multi-Monitor 2

Encoder

Encoder Model Quick Sync Video 4	Encoder Model Apple Media Engine 3
Codec JPEG AVC (H.264) - -	Codec - AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) ProRes

Decoder

Decoder Model Quick Sync Video 4	Decoder Model Apple Media Engine 3
Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 JPEG VC-1 VP8 AVC (H.264) - - -	Codec - - - - - - AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1 ProRes

Card

Form Factor iGPU

Form Factor iGPU

Chip

Manufacturer Intel	Manufacturer Apple
Chip Designer Intel	Chip Designer Apple
Architecture Gen 8	Architecture Apple Gen 8
Family Gen 8	Family M Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Braswell	Codename G17G
Chip Variant GT1	Chip Variant -
Market Segment Tablet	Market Segment Tablet
Release Date Jan 5, 2015	Release Date Oct 15, 2025

Fabrication

Foundry Intel	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node 14nm	Fabrication Node N3P
Die Size 87mm²	Die Size -
Transistor Count 1.3 Billion	Transistor Count -
Transistor Density 15 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density -

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Used In

CPUs Celeron N3000 Celeron N3050 Atom x5-Z8500	CPUs M5 (9C10G-FL) M5 (10C10G-FL)
Laptops -	Laptops MacBook Air 13(M5, Early 2026)MacBook Air 15(M5, Early 2026)
Tablets -	Tablets iPad Pro 11" Gen 6(M5, Late 2025)iPad Pro 13" Gen 8(M5, Late 2025)

Competitors

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