M5 Family

Comparing 4 tiers. Where a tier has multiple variants, values show the range across all configurations.

Spec	M5 Ultra	M5 Max	M5 Pro	M5
Current Devices	Mac Studio	MacBook Pro 16″ MacBook Pro 14″ Mac Studio	MacBook Pro 16″ MacBook Pro 14″ Mac mini	MacBook Air 15″ MacBook Air 13″ MacBook Pro 14″ iPad Pro 13″ iPad Pro 11″ Apple Vision Pro
CPU
CPU Cores	30 – 36	18	15 – 18	9 – 10
Super Cores	10 – 12	6	5 – 6	3 – 4
Super Core Speed (GHz)	4.61	4.61	4.61	4.61
Performance Cores	20 – 24	12	10 – 12	–
Efficiency Cores	–	–	–	6
Efficiency Core Speed (GHz)	–	–	–	2.95
GPU
GPU cores	64 – 80	32 – 40	16 – 20	8 – 10
Execution Units	1024 – 1280	512 – 640	256 – 320	128 – 160
ALU Count	8192 – 10240	4096 – 5120	2048 – 2560	1024 – 1280
GPU Frequency (GHz)	2005	2005	2005	2005
TFLOPS	32.85 – 41.06	16.42 – 20.53	8.21 – 10.27	4.11 – 5.13
Ray Tracing	✓	✓	✓	✓
GPU Vendor	9th-gen Apple	9th-gen Apple	9th-gen Apple	9th-gen Apple
NPU
Neural Engine cores	32	16	16	16
Neural Engine TOPS	122	61	61	61
Memory
Memory bandwidth (GB/s)	1228.8	460 – 614	307	153.6
Memory bus width (bits)	1024	384 – 512	256	128
Memory channels	64	24 – 32	16	8
Memory channel width (bits)	16	16	16	16
Memory type	LPDDR5X-9600	LPDDR5X-9600	LPDDR5X-9600	LPDDR5X-9600
Memory options (GB)	96 256 512	36 48 64 128	24 48 64	12 16 24 32
Media Engine
Hardware Acceleration	H264 HEVC ProRes ProRes RAW	H264 HEVC ProRes ProRes RAW	H264 HEVC ProRes ProRes RAW	H264 HEVC ProRes ProRes RAW
Video Decode	2	1	1	1
Video Encode	4	2	1	1
ProRes Engines	4	2	1	1
AV1 Decode	2	1	1	1
Semiconductor Tech
Process node (nm)	3	3	3	3
Release date	2026-09-22	2026-03-03	2026-03-03	2025-10-15 / 2026-03-03

All Devices, Including Discontinued