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The Apple M5 Max (40-сore GPU) takes the lead in gaming due to its significantly higher iGPU score of 99, outperforming the Apple M3 Ultra's 89.
The Apple M3 Ultra excels in creative workloads with a perfect score of 100, surpassing the Apple M5 Max (40-сore GPU)'s 93.
The Apple M5 Max (40-сore GPU) edges out the Apple M3 Ultra in power efficiency with a score of 94, outperforming its competitor by 9 points.
89 | Single-Core Performance | 100 |
100 | Multi-Core Performance | 93 |
85 | Power Efficiency | 94 |
99 | Integrated Graphics | 99 |
94 | QucikComparison Final Score | 97 |
| 32 | Cores | 18 |
| 140 W | TDP | 72 W |
| 3 nm | Transistor size | 3 nm |
| 133 | Cinebench 2024 (Single) | 200 |
| 2753 | Cinebench 2024 (Multi) | 2073 |
| 3247 | Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 4355 |
| 28128 | Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 30217 |
| 2690 MB/sec | File compression | 2990 MB/sec |
| 319.2 Klines/sec | Clang compilation | 271.1 Klines/sec |
| 819.6 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 811.7 pages/sec |
| 701.5 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 764 Mpixels/sec |
| 327.5 pages/sec | Text processing | 457.1 pages/sec |
| 63.2 images/sec | Background blur | 106.1 images/sec |
| 190.9 images/sec | Photo processing | 303.8 images/sec |
| 61.5 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 47.8 Mpixels/sec |
| 5048 | Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | 5751 |
| 72769 | Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | 54972 |
| 181.1 GOps/sec | Integer math | 131.1 GOps/sec |
| 187.7 GOps/sec | Floating point math | 178.2 GOps/sec |
| 1055M Primes/sec | Find prime numbers | 515M Primes/sec |
| 122.7M Strings/sec | Random string sorting | 80.1M Strings/sec |
| 49.2 GBytes/sec | Data encryption | 39.3 GBytes/sec |
| 1073.7 MBytes/sec | Data compression | 656 MBytes/sec |
| 8805 Frames/sec | Physics | 6288 Frames/sec |
| 54.5B Matrices/sec | Extended instructions | 31.4B Matrices/sec |
| 717.7 | Blender CPU | 582.84 |
| 19.7 PPW | Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 28.8 PPW |
| 200.9 PPW | Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 419.7 PPW |
| 519.8 PPW | Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 763.5 PPW |
| 5.13 PPW | Blender / Watt | 8.1 PPW |
| — | [Performance Cores] | — |
| 24 | P-Cores | 6 |
| 24 | P-Threads | 6 |
| 4.05 GHz | Base Frequency (P) | 4.61 GHz |
| — | [Efficient Cores] | — |
| 8 | E-Cores | 12 |
| 8 | E-Threads | 12 |
| 2.75 GHz | Base Frequency (E) | 4.38 GHz |
| — | [Total] | — |
| 32 | Total Cores | 18 |
| 32 | Total Threads | 18 |
| 40x | Multiplier | 46x |
| 192K (per core) | L1 Cache | 192K (per core) |
| 64MB (shared) | L2 Cache | — |
| No | Unlocked Multiplier | No |
| Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core) | Integrated Graphics | Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) |
| 1380 MHz | GPU Boost Clock | 1620 MHz |
| 10240 | Shading Units | 5120 |
| 640 | TMUs | 320 |
| 320 | ROPs | 160 |
| 1280 | Execution Units | 640 |
| 28.3 TFLOPS | iGPU FLOPS | 16.6 TFLOPS |
| - LPDDR5-6400 | Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-9600 |
| 512 GB | Max. Memory Size | 128 GB |
| 64 | Memory Channels | 32 |
| 819.3 GB/s | Max. Memory Bandwidth | 614 GB/s |
| No | ECC Support | No |
| Apple | Vendor | Apple |
| March 5, 2025 | Released | March 3, 2026 |
| Desktop | Type | Laptop |
| ARMv8 | Instruction Set | ARMv9 |
| Apple M3 | Codename | Apple M5 |
| — | Model number | — |
| Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core) | Integrated GPU | Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) |
| — | Qualcomm Equivalent | — |
| 184 billions | Transistors | 28 billions |
| 3 nm | Fabrication Process | 3 nm |
| 140 W | TDP (PL1) | 72 W |
| Apple M-Socket | Socket | Apple M-Socket |
| 100°C | Peak Temperature | 100°C |
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