Apple M5 GPU (8-Core) vs GPU (10-Core)
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Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
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Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
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We compared two integrated laptop professional GPUs: the Apple M5 GPU (8-Core) with 128 pipelines and 1024 shaders against the 4 months older GPU (10-Core) that utilizes 160 pipelines and 1280 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 (10-Core)
- Performs better (up to 20%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 24% higher maximum theoretical performance (4.1 vs 3.3 TFLOPS)
- Has 25% more shading units (1280 vs 1024)
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Solar Bay | 19617 | 24536 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 9804 | 12278 |
GeekBench 6 GPU Compute
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | - | 155.7 img/sec |
| Face Detection | - | 178.1 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | - | 2.22 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | - | 2.87 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | - | 5.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | - | 0.95 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | - | 190.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | - | 6579.1 FPS |
| API | - | Metal |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-08 (h) | GeekBench | 40417 |
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-01-03 -> Rennsport | GeekBench | 48688 |
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) | - | 6348 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | - | 16813 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | - | 30322 |
| Face Detection (HP) | - | 34387 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | - | 111591 |
| Text Classification (SP) | - | 2319 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | - | 5555 |
| Object Detection (SP) | - | 6450 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | - | 53195 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | - | 82314 |
| Framework | - | Core ML |
| Backend | - | GPU |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Apple M5 GPU (8-Core) and GPU (10-Core)General
| Vendor | Apple | Apple |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | March 3, 2026 | October 15, 2025 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Professional | Professional |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Apple M GPU | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | Custom | Custom |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Adreno X2-90 |
| Recommended CPU | - Apple M5 (8-сore GPU) or above | - Apple M5 (10-Core) or above |
| Used in CPUs | - Apple M5 (8-сore GPU) | - Apple M5 (10-Core) |
Laptop GPU ranking (#43rd place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Boost Clock | 1620 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 1280 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 64 | 80 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 32 | 40 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 128 | 160 |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 52 GPixel/s | 65 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 104 GTexel/s | 130 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | Custom | Custom |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| Transistor Count | 28 billion | 28 billion |
| Max. Temperature | 100°C | 100°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory Clock | 9600 MHz | 9600 MHz |
| Bus | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | No |
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