A fairly fast integrated graphics card developed by Apple and integrated in the full version of the Apple M5 Max SoC. It has 40 "cores" and, depending on the configuration, has access to up to 128 GB of fast 614 GB/s shared memory. The GPU is located on its own die, which is connected to the CPU via "Fusion Architecture".
It offers support for Core ML, Metal Performance Shader and Metal 4. Also new are the neural accelerators in the GPU (tensor cores) for improved AI performance.
Apple M5 Series
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| iGPU | Integrated Graphics | |||||||||||||||
| Pipelines | 40 - unified | |||||||||||||||
| Raytracing Cores | 40 | |||||||||||||||
| Memory Speed | 8533 MHz | |||||||||||||||
| Memory Type | LPDDR5x-8533 | |||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | yes | |||||||||||||||
| Memory Bandwidth | 614 GB/s | |||||||||||||||
| Power Consumption | 75 Watt | |||||||||||||||
| Man. Technology | 3 nm | |||||||||||||||
| Notebook Size | large | |||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 03.03.2026 | |||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | M4 Max 40-Core GPU | |||||||||||||||
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- 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 | 69 | 65 | 58 | 41 | 35 | 24 |
| Total War Pharaoh | 55.2 | 55 | 50.1 | |||
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 136.4 | 120.4 | 103.1 | 91.3 | 54.6 | 23.8 |
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 184.6 | 149.2 | 123.6 | 122.1 | 83.3 | 46.8 |
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 1 2 | 1 2 | 1 1 1 | 2 1 1 | 3 1 | 2 2 |
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