Apple M5 GPU (10-Core) vs Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)

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

Review

Key Specs Apple M5 GPU (10-Core) and Apple M4 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 M5 GPU (10-Core)
n/a
Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
4097
Solar Bayn/a16545
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
75777
Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
37678
Background Blurn/a72.2 frames/s
Face Detectionn/a48.3 frames/s
Horizon Detectionn/a1.4 Gpix/sec
Edge Detectionn/a1.94 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blurn/a1.5 Gpix/sec
Feature Matchingn/a0.53 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matchingn/a123.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physicsn/a4938.4 fps
APIn/aOpenCL
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
13289
Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
10346
GB6 ML Half Precision
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
24800
Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
11883
GB6 ML Quantized
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
23572
Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
11036
Image Classification (SP)63484874
Image Segmentation (HP)168138168
Horizon Detection3032211983
Face Detection (HP)3438717036
Pose Estimation (Q)11159131171
Text Classification (SP)23192964
Machine Translation (HP)55553410
Object Detection (SP)64505112
Depth Estimation (Q)5319522700
Style Transfer (SP)8231460872
FrameworkCore MLCore ML
BackendGPUGPU

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Apple Apple
Build Integrated Integrated
Announced October, 15, 2025 May, 7, 2024
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 n/a 500 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2240 MHz 1470 MHz
Shader Units 1280 1280
TMUs 80 80
ROPs 40 40
Execution Units 160 160
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 90 Gpix/sec 59 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 179 GTex/s 118 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.7 TFLOPS 3.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface Custom Custom
TGP n/a 18 W
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 n/a 7500 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed n/a 15000 MB/s
Max Throughput
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
153 GB/s
Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
120 GB/s

API

Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M4 GPU (10-Core) the clear winner in this comparison.

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