Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core) vs Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core), vs Apple M5 GPU (10-Core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core) and Apple M5 GPU (10-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 Pro GPU (16-core)
6712
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core)
61008
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
75777
Background Blur106 frames/sn/a
Face Detection73.1 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection2.59 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection3.8 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur2.4 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching0.73 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching198.6 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics8166.3 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core)
n/a
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
13289
GB6 ML Half Precision
Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core)
n/a
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
24800
GB6 ML Quantized
Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core)
n/a
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
23572
Image Classification (SP)n/a6348
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a16813
Horizon Detectionn/a30322
Face Detection (HP)n/a34387
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a111591
Text Classification (SP)n/a2319
Machine Translation (HP)n/a5555
Object Detection (SP)n/a6450
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a53195
Style Transfer (SP)n/a82314
Frameworkn/aCore ML
Backendn/aGPU

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Apple Apple
Build Integrated Integrated
Announced October, 29, 2024 October, 15, 2025
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 2240 MHz
Shader Units 2048 1280
TMUs 128 80
ROPs 64 40
Execution Units 256 160
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 115 Gpix/sec 90 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 230 GTex/s 179 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.4 TFLOPS 5.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface Custom Custom
TGP 26 W n/a
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 3 nm 3 nm
Max temperature 100 °C 100 °C
Transistor count n/a 28 billion

Memory

Interface System Shared System Shared
Memory Frequency 7500 MHz n/a
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 15000 MB/s n/a
Max Throughput
Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core)
273 GB/s
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
153 GB/s

API

Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core) the clear winner in this comparison.

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