The Apple M5 8-Core GPU is an integrated graphics card in the Apple M5 SoC, which was developed by Apple. It offers 8 of the 10 cores and support for Core ML, Metal Performance Shader and Metal 4. Also new are the Neural Accelerators in the GPU (Tensor cores).
Due to the 2 deactivated GPU cores, the 8-core GPU is significantly slower than the Apple M5 10-core GPU in more expensive Apple M5 models.
Apple M5 Series
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| iGPU | Integrated Graphics | |||||||||
| Pipelines | 8 - unified | |||||||||
| Shared Memory | yes | |||||||||
| Power Consumption | 8 Watt | |||||||||
| Man. Technology | 3 nm | |||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 15.10.2025 | |||||||||
| Predecessor | M4 8-Core GPU | |||||||||
- Average benchmark valuesThe following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |
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| Assassin's Creed Shadows | 22 | 20 | 17 | 11 | ||
| Total War Pharaoh | 58.8 | 54.9 | 51 | 38.1 | ||
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 35.8 | 27.3 | 22.8 | 19.5 | ||
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 46 | 35.1 | 29.2 | 28.5 | ||
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 87 | 45 | 42 | 38 | ||
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 1 3 1 | 2 3 | 3 2 | 3 2 | | |
For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List
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