Apple M4 GPU (8-core) vs Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 GPU (8-core), vs Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 GPU (8-core) and Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
3341
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
8594
Solar Bayn/a39437
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
31734
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
75207
Background Blurn/a153.3 frames/s
Face Detectionn/a101 frames/s
Horizon Detectionn/a2.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detectionn/a4.09 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blurn/a3.69 Gpix/sec
Feature Matchingn/a0.84 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matchingn/a212.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physicsn/a9757.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
n/a
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
18459
GB6 ML Half Precision
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
n/a
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
32720
GB6 ML Quantized
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
n/a
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
31852
Image Classification (SP)n/a8260
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a25244
Horizon Detectionn/a33177
Face Detection (HP)n/a51773
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a190718
Text Classification (SP)n/a2913
Machine Translation (HP)n/a8985
Object Detection (SP)n/a7777
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a63837
Style Transfer (SP)n/a128419
Frameworkn/aCore ML
Backendn/aGPU

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Apple Apple
Build Integrated Integrated
Announced October, 29, 2024 March, 3, 2026
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Professional Professional
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Apple M GPU Apple M GPU
Codename Custom Custom

GPU

GPU Frequency 500 MHz n/a
Boost GPU Frequency 1800 MHz 1620 MHz
Shader Units 1024 2048
TMUs 64 128
ROPs 32 64
Execution Units 128 256
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 58 Gpix/sec 104 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 115 GTex/s 207 GTex/s
FLOPS 3.7 TFLOPS 6.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface Custom Custom
TGP 15 W n/a
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 3 nm 3 nm
Max temperature 100 °C 100 °C
Transistor count 28 billion 28 billion

Memory

Interface System Shared System Shared
Memory Frequency 7500 MHz 9600 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 15000 MB/s n/a
Max Throughput
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
120 GB/s
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
307 GB/s

API

Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No

Results

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