Apple M5 GPU (8-Core) vs A18 Pro GPU
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Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
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Apple A18 Pro GPU
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We compared two integrated laptop graphics cards: the Apple M5 GPU (8-Core) with 128 pipelines and 1024 shaders against the 1 year and 6 months older A18 Pro GPU that utilizes 128 pipelines and 768 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Please note that the tests on the Apple M5 GPU (8-Core) are done on an engineering sample provided by our insiders. The data will be more accurate after the final version of this GPU is available.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
- Performs significantly better (up to 2.5x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 43% higher maximum theoretical performance (3.3 vs 2.3 TFLOPS)
- Has 33% more shading units (1024 vs 768)
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Solar Bay | 19617 | 7374 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 9804 | 3947 |
GeekBench 6 GPU Compute
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | - | 57.1 img/sec |
| Face Detection | - | 91.4 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | - | 0.92 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | - | 1.21 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | - | 1.5 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | - | 0.45 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | - | 84.2 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | - | 3061 FPS |
| API | - | Metal |
Recent User Tests
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-08 (h) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 40417 |
Apple A18 Pro GPU
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-04-24 -> Rennsport | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 19670 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | - | 3264 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | - | 4550 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | - | 6705 |
| Face Detection (HP) | - | 11770 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | - | 15548 |
| Text Classification (SP) | - | 3678 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | - | 5678 |
| Object Detection (SP) | - | 3360 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | - | 13468 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | - | 31541 |
| Framework | - | Core ML |
| Backend | - | GPU |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Apple M5 GPU (8-Core) and A18 Pro GPUGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | Apple |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | March 3, 2026 | September 9, 2024 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Professional | Generic |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Apple M GPU | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | Custom | Custom |
| Recommended CPU | - Apple M5 (8-сore GPU) or above | - Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) or above |
| Used in CPUs | - Apple M5 (8-сore GPU) | - Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) |
Laptop GPU ranking (#81st place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Boost Clock | 1620 MHz | 1490 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 768 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 64 | 40 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 32 | - |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 128 | 128 |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 52 GPixel/s | - |
| Texture Fill Rate | 104 GTexel/s | 60 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | Custom | Custom |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| Transistor Count | 28 billion | - |
| Max. Temperature | 100°C | - |
Memory
| Memory Type | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory Clock | 9600 MHz | 7500 MHz |
| Bus | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | No |
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