Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core) vs GPU (8-Core)
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Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
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Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
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We compared two integrated laptop professional GPUs: the Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core) with 256 pipelines and 2048 shaders against the GPU (8-Core) that utilizes 128 pipelines and 1024 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 Pro GPU (16-core)
- Performs significantly better (up to 94%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 2x higher maximum theoretical performance (6.6 vs 3.3 TFLOPS)
- Has 2x higher memory bandwidth: 307 vs 153 GB/s
- Has 2x more shading units (2048 vs 1024)
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Solar Bay | 39369 | 19617 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 19874 | 9804 |
GeekBench 6 GPU Compute
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 153.3 img/sec | - |
| Face Detection | 101 img/sec | - |
| Horizon Detection | 2.82 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Edge Detection | 4.09 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Gaussian Blur | 3.69 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Feature Matching | 0.84 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Stereo Matching | 212.6 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Particle Physics | 9757.6 FPS | - |
| API | OpenCL | - |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-18 (JSK) | Steel Nomad Light | 8894 |
| 📘 2026-03-30 (JSK) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 76085 |
Apple M5 GPU (8-Core)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-08 (h) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 40417 |
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) | 8260 | - |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 25244 | - |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 33177 | - |
| Face Detection (HP) | 51773 | - |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 190718 | - |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2913 | - |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 8985 | - |
| Object Detection (SP) | 7777 | - |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 63837 | - |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 128419 | - |
| Framework | Core ML | - |
| Backend | GPU | - |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core) and GPU (8-Core)General
| Vendor | Apple | Apple |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | March 3, 2026 | March 3, 2026 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Professional | Professional |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Apple M GPU | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | Custom | Custom |
| Recommended CPU | - Apple M5 Pro (15-Core) or above | - Apple M5 (8-сore GPU) or above |
| Used in CPUs | - Apple M5 Pro (15-Core) | - Apple M5 (8-сore GPU) |
Laptop GPU ranking (#23rd place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Boost Clock | 1620 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 1024 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 128 | 64 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 64 | 32 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 256 | 128 |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 104 GPixel/s | 52 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 207 GTexel/s | 104 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 | 256-bit | 128-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | No |
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