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Apple M5 GPU (10-Core) vs M3 GPU (10-core)

Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
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Apple M3 GPU (10-core)
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
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Apple M3 GPU (10-core)

We compared two integrated laptop professional GPUs: the Apple M5 GPU (10-Core) with 160 pipelines and 1280 shaders against the 2 years older M3 GPU (10-core) that utilizes 160 pipelines and 1280 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AI
  5. Specs
  6. Comments

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of M3 GPU (10-core) over M5 GPU (10-Core)
Reasons to consider the Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
  • Performs significantly better (up to 53%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 17% higher maximum theoretical performance (4.1 vs 3.5 TFLOPS)
  • Achieves 2.5x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (75K vs 30K)
  • Has 49% higher memory bandwidth: 153 vs 102.4 GB/s
GPU
M5 GPU (10-Core)
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M3 GPU (10-core)

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Solar Bay 24536 13531
Wild Life Extreme 12278 8237
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 GPU Compute

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
Background Blur 155.7 img/sec 60.3 img/sec
Face Detection 178.1 img/sec 40.8 img/sec
Horizon Detection 2.22 Gpixels/sec 1.21 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 2.87 Gpixels/sec 1.64 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 5.8 Gpixels/sec 1.2 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.95 Gpixels/sec 0.37 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 190.7 Gpixels/sec 102.6 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 6579.1 FPS 3293.3 FPS
API Metal OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
M5 GPU (10-Core) +1203%
2022.33
M3 GPU (10-core)
155.25
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 135 & 302 samples
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-01-03 -> RennsportGeekbench 6 OpenCL48688
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Apple M3 GPU (10-core)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-04-24 (Alex)Geekbench 6 OpenCL31004
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Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
Image Classification (SP) 6348 1579
Image Segmentation (HP) 16813 2944
Image Super Resolution (Q) 30322 4425
Face Detection (HP) 34387 6661
Pose Estimation (Q) 111591 15020
Text Classification (SP) 2319 2984
Machine Translation (HP) 5555 5876
Object Detection (SP) 6450 1826
Depth Estimation (Q) 53195 9339
Style Transfer (SP) 82314 22291
Framework Core ML Core ML
Backend GPU CPU
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Apple M5 GPU (10-Core) and M3 GPU (10-core)

General

Vendor Apple Apple
Build Integrated Integrated
Released October 15, 2025 October 31, 2023
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Professional Professional
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Apple M GPU Apple M GPU
GPU Codename Custom -
Rival Equivalent - Adreno X2-90 - GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
Successor - - Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
Recommended CPU - Apple M5 (10-Core) or above - Apple M3 or above
Used in CPUs - Apple M5 (10-Core) - Apple M3
Laptop GPU ranking (43rd and 79th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock - 500 MHz
Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1380 MHz
Shading Units 1280 1280
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 80 80
Render Output Units (ROPs) 40 40
Compute Units (Pipelines) 160 160
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 65 GPixel/s 55 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 130 GTexel/s 110 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
M5 GPU (10-Core) +17%
4.1 TFLOPS
M3 GPU (10-core)
3.5 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface Custom Custom
TGP - 15 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
Transistor Count 28 billion 13.8 billion
Max. Temperature 100°C 100°C

Memory

Memory Type System Shared System Shared
Memory Clock 9600 MHz 6400 MHz
Effective Memory Speed - 12800 Mbps
Bus 128-bit 128-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
M5 GPU (10-Core) +49%
153 GB/s
M3 GPU (10-core)
102.4 GB/s

API

Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No

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