M5 Family
Comparing 3 tiers. Where a tier has multiple variants, values show the range across all configurations.
| Spec | M5 Max | M5 Pro | M5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devices |
MacBook Pro 16″ MacBook Pro 14″ |
MacBook Pro 16″ MacBook Pro 14″ |
MacBook Air 15″ MacBook Air 13″ MacBook Pro 14″ iPad Pro 13″ iPad Pro 11″ Apple Vision Pro |
| CPU | |||
| CPU Cores | 18 | 15 – 18 | 9 – 10 |
| Super Cores | 6 | 5 – 6 | 3 – 4 |
| Super Core Speed (GHz) | 4.61 | 4.61 | 4.61 |
| Performance Cores | 12 | 10 – 12 | – |
| Efficiency Cores | – | – | 6 |
| Efficiency Core Speed (GHz) | – | – | 2.95 |
| GPU | |||
| GPU cores | 32 – 40 | 16 – 20 | 8 – 10 |
| Execution Units | 512 – 640 | 256 – 320 | 128 – 160 |
| ALU Count | 4096 – 5120 | 2048 – 2560 | 1024 – 1280 |
| GPU Frequency (GHz) | 2005 | 2005 | 2005 |
| TFLOPS | 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 |
| NPU | |||
| Neural Engine cores | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Neural Engine TOPS | 61 | 61 | 61 |
| Memory | |||
| Memory bandwidth (GB/s) | 460 – 614 | 307 | 153.6 |
| Memory bus width (bits) | 384 – 512 | 256 | 128 |
| Memory channels | 24 – 32 | 16 | 8 |
| Memory channel width (bits) | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X-9600 | LPDDR5X-9600 | LPDDR5X-9600 |
| Memory options (GB) |
48 64 128 36 |
24 48 64 |
16 24 32 12 |
| Media Engine | |||
| Hardware Acceleration |
H264 HEVC ProRes ProRes RAW |
H264 HEVC ProRes ProRes RAW |
H264 HEVC ProRes ProRes RAW |
| Video Decode | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Video Encode | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| ProRes Engines | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| AV1 Decode | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Semiconductor Tech | |||
| Process node (nm) | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Release date | 2026-03-03 | 2026-03-03 | 2025-10-15 / 2026-03-03 |