NVIDIA Tegra X1 vs Apple 10-Core M5-FL Full Specs

Summary

256 Shaders 1GHz	1,280 Shaders 1.58GHz
Shared Memory25.6GB/s LPDDR4·LPDDR3	Shared Memory153.6GB/sLPDDR5X
Peak·FP32·FP16 512 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 FP16-16 Tensor FP16-32 FP64 Tensor BF16 Tensor INT8 Memory Bandwidth

Tegra X11.02 TFLOPSFP16

x1

10-Core M5-FL32.32 TOPSINT8 Tensor

x31.56

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1000MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1578MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 1.02 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 32.32 TOPSINT8 Tensor
-	Tensor FP16-16 8.08 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 8.08 TFLOPS
-	Tensor BF16 16.16 TFLOPS
FP32 512 GFLOPS	FP32 4.04 TFLOPS
FP64 16 GFLOPS	-
-	Tensor INT8 32.32 TOPS
Pixel Rate 16 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 63.1 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 16 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 126.2 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 256 Shaders	Shaders 1,280 Shaders
TMUs 16 TMUs	TMUs 80 TMUs
ROPs 16 ROPs	ROPs 40 ROPs
Tensor Cores -	Tensor Cores 10 T-Cores
RT Cores -	RT Cores 10 RT-Cores
SMs 2 SMs	EUs 160 EUs

Clocks

Boost Clock 1GHz

Boost Clock 1.58GHz

Cache

L1 48KB/SM	L1 -
L2 Cache 256KB shared	L2 Cache 2MB shared

Memory

Shared Memory LPDDR4·LPDDR3	Shared MemoryLPDDR5X
Memory Bus 64-bit	Memory Bus 128-bit
Memory Speed 3.2GT/s	Memory Speed 9.6GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 25.6GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 153.6GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Video Output

Max Resolution -	Max Resolution 7680x4320
Refresh Rate Calculator -	Refresh Rate Calculator 7680x4320 Resolution8K UHD Refresh Rate 120Hz
Multi-Monitor -	Multi-Monitor 2
DSC Not Supported	DSC Not Supported

API Support

Shader Model 6	Shader Model -
DirectX DirectX 12 Direct3D 12_1	-
OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 1.2 Vulkan 1.1	-
CUDA 5.3 PureVideo HD VP9 VDPAU Feature Set I	-

Encoder

Encoder NVENC 3	Encoder Apple Media Engine 3
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) -	Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) ProRes

Decoder

Decoder NVDEC 2	Decoder Apple Media Engine 3
Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 VC-1 VP8 VP9 AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - -	Codec - - - - - - AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1 ProRes

Card

Form Factor iGPU

Form Factor iGPU

Chip

Manufacturer NVIDIA	Manufacturer Apple
Chip Designer NVIDIA	Chip Designer Apple
Architecture Maxwell 2	Architecture Apple Gen 8
Family Tegra	Family M Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Erista	Codename G17G
Market Segment Tablet	Market Segment Tablet
Release Date May 1, 2015	Release Date Oct 15, 2025

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node 20nm	Fabrication Node N3P
Die Size 118mm²	Die Size -
Transistor Count 2B	Transistor Count -
Transistor Density 17 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density -

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Used In

CPUs NVIDIATegra X18 Cores (4P+4E)NVIDIATegra X1 Switch4 Cores	CPUs AppleM5 (9C10G-FL)9 Cores (3P+6E)AppleM5 (10C10G-FL)10 Cores (4P+6E)
Laptops -	Laptops AppleMacBook Air 13M5, Early 2026AppleMacBook Air 15M5, Early 2026
Tablets -	Tablets AppleiPad Pro 11" Gen 6M5, Late 2025AppleiPad Pro 13" Gen 8M5, Late 2025
Game Consoles NintendoSwitch	Game Consoles -

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