Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)

Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
  • Brand: Apple
  • Cores: 5120
  • Form Factor: Laptop use
  • Use case: Professional
  • Announced: March, 3, 2026

Review

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

Benchmark Tests

Performance comparison across tasks for Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
17913
Solar Bay79412
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
146407
Background Blur257 frames/s
Face Detection182.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.4 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.86 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.28 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching455.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics21658 fps
APIOpenCL
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
29452
GB6 ML Half Precision
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
46343
GB6 ML Quantized
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
43305
Image Classification (SP)10711
Image Segmentation (HP)42406
Horizon Detection42905
Face Detection (HP)73489
Pose Estimation (Q)289766
Text Classification (SP)6087
Machine Translation (HP)8881
Object Detection (SP)10130
Depth Estimation (Q)84224
Style Transfer (SP)264552
FrameworkCore ML
BackendGPU

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

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

GPU

Boost GPU Frequency 1620 MHz
Shader Units 5120
TMUs 320
ROPs 160
Execution Units 640
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 259 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 518 GTex/s
FLOPS 16.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface Custom
Process TSMC
Process tech. 3 nm
Max temperature 100 °C
Transistor count 28 billion

Memory

Interface System Shared
Memory Frequency 9600 MHz
Bus 512 bit
ECC support No
Max Throughput
Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
614 GB/s

API

Ray Tracing Yes
DLSS No

User Rating

2 out 5 Points (3 Votes)

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