NVIDIA GB10 vs Apple 32-Core M5 Max Full Specs

Summary

6,144 Shaders 2.52GHz	4,096 Shaders 1.62GHz
Shared Memory273.1GB/sLPDDR5X	Shared Memory460.8GB/sLPDDR5X
Peak·FP32·FP16 31.03 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 FP4 FP4 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP8-16 FP8-16 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP8-32 FP8-32 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP16-16 FP16-16 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP16-32 FP16-32 Tensor Sparse FP64 BF16 Tensor BF16 BF16 Tensor Sparse Tensor TF32 Tensor INT8 Memory Bandwidth

GB10992.9 TFLOPSFP4 Tensor Sparse

x37.41

32-Core M5 Max26.54 TFLOPSFP8-16 Tensor

x1

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed2525MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1620MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 992.9 TFLOPSFP4 Tensor Sparse	Peak OPS 26.54 TFLOPSFP8-16 Tensor
Tensor FP4 496.4 TFLOPS FP4 Tensor Sparse 992.9 TFLOPS	-
Tensor FP8-16 248.2 TFLOPS FP8-16 Tensor Sparse 496.4 TFLOPS Tensor FP8-32 124.1 TFLOPS FP8-32 Tensor Sparse 248.2 TFLOPS	Tensor FP8-16 26.54 TFLOPS FP8-16 Tensor Sparse - Tensor FP8-32 26.54 TFLOPS FP8-32 Tensor Sparse -
Tensor FP16-16 124.1 TFLOPS FP16-16 Tensor Sparse 248.2 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 62.05 TFLOPS FP16-32 Tensor Sparse 124.1 TFLOPS	Tensor FP16-16 13.27 TFLOPS FP16-16 Tensor Sparse - Tensor FP16-32 13.27 TFLOPS FP16-32 Tensor Sparse -
BF16 62.05 TFLOPS Tensor BF16 62.05 TFLOPS BF16 Tensor Sparse 124.1 TFLOPS	-
Tensor TF32 31.03 TFLOPS	Tensor TF32 -
FP32 31.03 TFLOPS	FP32 13.27 TFLOPS
FP64 15.51 TFLOPS	-
Tensor INT8 248.2 TOPS	-
Ray 94.1 TOPS	Ray -
Pixel Rate 80.8 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 207.4 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 484.8 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 414.7 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 6,144 Shaders	Shaders 4,096 Shaders
TMUs 192 TMUs	TMUs 256 TMUs
ROPs 32 ROPs	ROPs 128 ROPs
Tensor Cores 192 T-Cores	Tensor Cores 32 T-Cores
RT Cores 48 RT-Cores	RT Cores 32 RT-Cores
SMs 48 SMs	EUs 512 EUs

Clocks

Base Clock 2.42GHz	Base Clock -
Boost Clock 2.52GHz	Boost Clock 1.62GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 24.6MB shared

L2 Cache 8.2MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5X	Shared MemoryLPDDR5X
Memory Bus 256-bit	Memory Bus 384-bit
Memory Speed 8.5GT/s	Memory Speed 9.6GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 273.1GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 460.8GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 4	Multi-Monitor 4
HDCP HDCP 2.3	HDCP -

Encoder

Encoder Model NVENC 9

Encoder Model 2x Apple Media Engine 3

Decoder

Decoder Model NVDEC 6

Decoder Model 2x Apple Media Engine 3

Card

Form Factor iGPU

Form Factor iGPU

Chip

Manufacturer NVIDIA	Manufacturer Apple
Chip Designer NVIDIA	Chip Designer Apple
Architecture Blackwell	Architecture Apple Gen 8
Family -	Family M Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Thor	Codename G17M
Market Segment Embedded	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Jan 6, 2025	Release Date Mar 3, 2026

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3E	Fabrication Node N3P

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Used In

CPUs Grace Blackwell GB10	CPUs M5 Max (18C32G)
Laptops -	Laptops MacBook Pro 14(M5 Max, Early 2026)MacBook Pro 16(M5 Max, Early 2026)
Desktops DGX Spark(Late 2025)	Desktops -

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