Apple M5 Ultra GPU (80-core) vs M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)
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Apple M5 Ultra GPU (80-core)
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Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)
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We performed a head-to-head comparison of the Apple M5 Ultra GPU (80-core) with 1280 pipelines and 10240 shaders against the 1 year and 4 months older M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) that utilizes 1280 pipelines and 10240 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Please note that the tests on the Apple M5 Ultra GPU (80-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.
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
GeekBench 6 GPU Compute
GB6 Compute Score
| API | - | OpenCL |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Apple M5 Ultra GPU (80-core) and M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)General
| Vendor | Apple | Apple |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | August 25, 2026 | May 1, 2025 |
| Case | Desktop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Professional | Professional |
| Segment | High-end | High-end |
| Architecture | Apple M GPU | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | Custom | Custom |
| Rival Equivalent | - GeForce RTX 5080 | - GeForce RTX 5080 |
| Recommended CPU | - Apple M5 Ultra (36-Core) or above | - Apple M4 Ultra or above |
| Used in CPUs | - Apple M5 Ultra (36-Core) | - Apple M4 Ultra |
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 500 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1620 MHz | 1578 MHz |
| Shading Units | 10240 | 10240 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 640 | 640 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 320 | 320 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 1280 | 1280 |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 518 GPixel/s | 505 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 1037 GTexel/s | 1010 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | Custom | Custom |
| TGP | - | 120 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 3 nm |
Memory
| Memory Type | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory Clock | 9600 MHz | 8533 MHz |
| Bus | 1024-bit | 1024-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | No |
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