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

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

Review

Key Specs Apple M5 GPU (10-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 M5 GPU (10-Core)
n/a
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
8594
Solar Bayn/a39437
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
75777
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
APIn/aOpenCL
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
13289
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
18459
GB6 ML Half Precision
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
24800
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
32720
GB6 ML Quantized
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
23572
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
31852
Image Classification (SP)63488260
Image Segmentation (HP)1681325244
Horizon Detection3032233177
Face Detection (HP)3438751773
Pose Estimation (Q)111591190718
Text Classification (SP)23192913
Machine Translation (HP)55558985
Object Detection (SP)64507777
Depth Estimation (Q)5319563837
Style Transfer (SP)82314128419
FrameworkCore MLCore ML
BackendGPUGPU

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Apple Apple
Build Integrated Integrated
Announced October, 15, 2025 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

Boost GPU Frequency 2240 MHz 1620 MHz
Shader Units 1280 2048
TMUs 80 128
ROPs 40 64
Execution Units 160 256
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 90 Gpix/sec 104 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 179 GTex/s 207 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.7 TFLOPS 6.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface Custom Custom
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 9600 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Max Throughput
Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
153 GB/s
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
307 GB/s

API

Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core) the clear winner in this comparison.

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