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Apple M5 Pro 20-Core GPU

Apple M5 Pro 20-Core GPU

The Apple M5 Pro 20-Core GPU is an integrated graphics card in the Apple M5 Pro SoC (18-Core), which was developed by Apple. It offers 20 cores and support for Core ML, Metal Performance Shader and Metal 4. Also new are the Neural Accelerators in the GPU (tensor cores).

Apple M5 Series

M5 Max 40-Core GPU compare 40 ? Bit @ 8533 MHz
M5 Max 32-Core GPU compare 32 ? Bit @ 8533 MHz
M5 Pro 20-Core GPU 20
M5 Pro 16-Core GPU compare 20
M5 10-Core GPU compare 10
M5 8-Core GPU compare 8
iGPUIntegrated Graphics
Pipelines20 - unified
Shared Memoryyes
Power Consumption8 Watt
Man. Technology3 nm
Date of Announcement05.03.2026
PredecessorM4 10-Core GPU
CPU in M5 Pro 20-Core GPUGPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Apple M5 Pro 18-Core18 x 3048 MHz? MHz? MHz

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Speed Way Score
2140 Points (14%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Steel Nomad
2323 Points (16%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Steel Nomad Light
10018 Points (23%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Solar Bay
46898 Points (19%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Solar Bay Extreme
9103 Points (18%)
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Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom METAL *
36.6 Seconds (4%)
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Geekbench 6.6 - Geekbench 6.6 GPU OpenCL
88251 points (22%)
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Geekbench 6.6 - Geekbench 6.6 GPU Metal
137187 points (62%)
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Power Consumption - Cyberpunk 2077 Power Consumption 150cd *
82.5 Watt (23%)
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Power Consumption - Cyberpunk 2077 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
79.8 Watt (10%)
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Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cyberpunk 2077 ultra
0.7 fps per Watt (2%)
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- Range of benchmark values
red legend - Average benchmark values
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Game Benchmarks

The 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.

Assassin's Creed Shadows

Assassin's Creed Shadows

2025
low 1920x1080
50  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
46  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
40  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
26  fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
22  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Total War Pharaoh

Total War Pharaoh

2023
low 1920x1080
74.4  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
62.1  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
55.4  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
54  fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
53.9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077

2023
low 1920x1080
100.7  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
80.3  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
66.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
57.8  fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
33.4  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Additional Benchmarks
30min Start Ultra Preset (FSR off) 1920x1080
53.6
Baldur's Gate 3

Baldur's Gate 3

2023
low 1920x1080
130.8  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
100.4  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
87.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
83.8  fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
56.7  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Assassin's Creed Shadows5046402622
Total War Pharaoh74.462.155.45453.9
Cyberpunk 2077100.780.366.557.833.4
Baldur's Gate 3130.8100.487.583.856.7
lowmed.highultraQHD4K
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≥ 120 fps
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    Apple MacBook Pro Laptop with M5 Pro, 18‑core CPU, 20‑core GPU: 16.2-inch Display, 64GB Memory, 1TB SSD; Space Black
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    Apple 2026 MacBook Pro Laptop with Apple M5 Pro chip with 18-core CPU and 20-core GPU: Built for AI, 14.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR Display, 24GB Unified Memory, 2TB SSD, Wi-Fi 7; Space Black

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Notebook reviews with Apple M5 Pro 20-Core GPU graphics card

Apple M5 Pro & M5 Max GPU Analysis - M5 Max GPU on par with the GeForce RTX 5070 and faster than Strix Halo

Apple M5 Pro & M5 Max GPU Analysis - M5 Max GPU on par with the GeForce RTX 5070 and faster than Strix Halo

Apple launches their new M5 Pro and M5 Max SoCs with new GPU models. We test the 20-core M5 Pro GPU as well as the flagship 40-core M5 Max GPU in synthetic benchmarks as well as gaming tests and also check the efficiency compared to previous Apple GPUs as well as Nvidia's Blackwell graphics cards. Update: MBP 16 shows the full potential of the M5 Max GPU
Apple M5 Pro 18-Core, M5 Pro 20-Core GPU, 16.2", 2.1 kg
Apple M5 Pro & M5 Max CPU Analysis - M5 Max is not much faster than the M4 Max

Apple M5 Pro & M5 Max CPU Analysis - M5 Max is not much faster than the M4 Max

Apple launched their new M5 Pro & M5 Max chips with different a different approach including tiles and new super cores. We test and analyze the new M5 Pro/Max CPUs, both in terms of performance as well as efficiency. Users of the new M5 Pro can be very happy, but the results of the new M5 Max is a bit sobering. Update: MBP 16 with M5 Max
Apple M5 Pro 18-Core, M5 Pro 20-Core GPU, 16.2", 2.1 kg
Apple MacBook Pro 16 2026 Review - M5 Pro makes one of the best multimedia laptops even better

Apple MacBook Pro 16 2026 Review - M5 Pro makes one of the best multimedia laptops even better

The MacBook Pro 16 with the M5 Pro gets a big bump both in terms of CPU as well as GPU performance. Apple also includes faster PCIe 5.0 SSDs as well as Wi-Fi 7, so the overall package is even better than before. Update: M5 Pro beats RTX 5090 in many creator benchmarks
Apple M5 Pro 18-Core, M5 Pro 20-Core GPU, 16.2", 2.1 kg

Apple MacBook Pro 16 2026 M5 Pro: Apple M5 Pro 18-Core, 16.20", 2.1 kg
  External Review » Apple MacBook Pro 16 2026 M5 Pro

   » Apple's M5 Pro & M5 Max easily beat the RTX 5090 in PugetBench creator benchmarks

   » The base model of the MacBook Pro 16 with the M5 Pro and 1 TB SSD is an excellent multimedia laptop

   » Major weakness: Apple MacBook Neo battery life suffers from excessive cost cutting

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Class 1

Class 2

RTX A5500 Laptop GPU
GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU
GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
Radeon RX 6850M XT
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU
RTX A4500 Laptop GPU
RTX A5000 Laptop GPU
GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop
Quadro RTX 6000 (Laptop)
Radeon RX 6800M
GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile
GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU
Radeon 8065S
Radeon 8060S
RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Generation Laptop
GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
RTX A4000 Laptop GPU *
Radeon RX 7600M XT
Radeon RX 6800S
Radeon RX 7700S
M3 Max 40-Core GPU *
M2 Max 38-Core GPU *
GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile
RTX 2000 Ada Generation Laptop
Radeon RX 6700M
M5 Max 32-Core GPU *
M4 Max 32-Core GPU *
M3 Max 30-Core GPU *
Quadro RTX 5000 (Laptop)
M1 Max 32-Core GPU *
M2 Max 30-Core GPU *
M1 Max 24-Core GPU *
M5 Pro 20-Core GPU *
Radeon RX 7600M *
GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU
Radeon RX 7600S
GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile
GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q
RTX A3000 Laptop GPU
A770M
M3 Pro 18-Core GPU *
M5 Pro 16-Core GPU *
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU *
Radeon RX 6650M
Radeon RX 6600M
Radeon RX 6700S
GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile
Radeon 8050S
Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q
GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q
Radeon RX 5700M *
Quadro RTX 4000 (Laptop)
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
M3 Pro 14-Core GPU *
M2 Pro 16-Core GPU *
M1 Pro 16-Core GPU *
Radeon PRO W6600M *
GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU
GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q
M5 10-Core GPU *
Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU
Radeon RX 6600S
RTX PRO 1000 Blackwell Generation Laptop *
M1 Pro 14-Core GPU *
Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q
GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q
Quadro P5200
RTX PRO 500 Blackwell Generation Laptop
Quadro RTX 3000 (Laptop)
GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q
Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q
Quadro P4200
RTX 1000 Ada Generation Laptop
RTX A2000 Laptop GPU
A730M
Radeon 8040S *
Radeon Pro 5600M
Radeon RX 5600M
Quadro P5000
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU
A570M *
Pro A60M *

Class 3

RTX A1000 Laptop GPU
GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
A550M *
Quadro P5000 Max-Q *
GeForce RTX 3050 A Laptop GPU
GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU
M5 8-Core GPU *
A530M *
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
Radeon RX 6550M
Radeon RX 6500M
Radeon RX 6550S
Quadro P4000
GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
Quadro T2000 (Laptop)
RTX A500 Laptop GPU
RTX 500 Ada Generation Laptop
Arc B370 Panther Lake iGPU
M4 10-Core GPU *
A370M
GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile
Radeon Pro 5500M
Radeon RX 5500M
Radeon 890M
Arc 140T
Quadro P4000 Max-Q
Quadro P3200
Radeon RX 580X (Laptop) *
Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)
Radeon RX 6450M *
GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
Arc 8-Core
X2-90 *
X2-85 *
Arc 140V
M4 9-Core GPU *
Radeon RX 6300M *
GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile
Radeon 880M
GeForce MX570
Pro A30M
Radeon Pro 5300M
Radeon RX 5300M
Quadro P3000
GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q
T1200 Laptop GPU
Quadro P3000 Max-Q *
GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q
Quadro T2000 Max-Q
Quadro T1000 (Laptop)
Adreno 840 *
Radeon RX 570X (Laptop) *
M4 8-Core GPU *
Radeon RX 570 (Laptop) *
GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q
Quadro T1000 Max-Q *
Xclipse 960 *
Vega M GH
T600 Laptop GPU
Radeon Pro Vega 20
Adreno 830 *
Adreno 829 *
Adreno 825 *
Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS *
A310
Radeon 780M
M3 10-Core GPU *
GeForce MX550
Arc 7-Core
A350M
Arc 130V
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q
Radeon 860M
Radeon 680M
Quadro P2000
Quadro P2000 Max-Q
T550 Laptop GPU
T500 Laptop GPU
GeForce MX450
Arc 130T
M3 9-Core GPU *
A19 Pro 6-Core GPU *
Radeon Pro Vega 16
Vega M GL / 870
WX Vega M GL
GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile
GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
M3 8-Core GPU *
M2 10-Core GPU *
A19 GPU *
A19 Pro 5-Core GPU *
Intel Graphics 4 Xe3 PTL
Radeon 760M
Adreno X1-85 3.8 TFLOPS *
Radeon 840M
Radeon Radeon Steam Deck 8CU
Radeon 740M
Radeon 660M
Radeon Pro WX 4150 *
Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)
Radeon RX 560 (Laptop)
Quadro P1000
Xe MAX
Radeon Pro 560X
Radeon Pro 560
Graphics 4-Core iGPU (Arrow Lake)
Iris Xe G7 96EUs
GeForce MX350
Quadro P620
Radeon RX 550X (Laptop)
Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)
Radeon RX 640
Radeon Pro WX 3200 *
Radeon Pro 555X
Radeon Pro 555
Quadro P600
GeForce MX250
GeForce MX330
GeForce MX150
Iris Xe G7 80EUs
Graphics 3-Core iGPU (Arrow Lake) *
Radeon Pro WX 2100 *
Radeon Pro WX 3100 *
A18 Pro GPU *
Graphics 2-Core iGPU (Arrow Lake) *
Adreno X1-45 2.1 TFLOPS *
Radeon 630
Quadro P520
Radeon RX 540X *
Radeon RX 540 *
Radeon 540X *
Intel Graphics 2 Xe3 PTL *
Intel Graphics 2 Xe3 WCL *
Quadro P500 *
UHD Graphics 64EUs
Vega 10
Adreno X1-45 1.7 TFLOPS *
Vega 9
Vega 8 *
Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) *
UHD Graphics 32EUs
UHD Graphics 750
GeForce MX230
M2 8-Core GPU *
M1 8-Core GPU *
Radeon 820M
M1 7-Core GPU *
Vega 7
UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H)
UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs
GeForce MX130
DXT-48-1536 *
A18 GPU *
Vega 8
UHD Graphics 730
Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU)
A12Z Bionic GPU *
A12X Bionic GPU *
A17 Pro GPU *
Mali-G1 Ultra MC12 *
Immortalis-G925 MC16 *
Immortalis-G925 MC12 *
Immortalis-G925 MC11 *
Adreno 750 *
Xclipse 950 *
Xclipse 940 *
Adreno 740 *
Immortalis-G720 MP12 *
Immortalis-G715 MP11 *
A16 GPU 5-Core *
A19 4-Core GPU *
Iris Plus Graphics 655
Adreno 725 *
Adreno 722 *
Mali-G720 MP8 *
Mali-G720 MP7 *
Adreno 735 *
A15 GPU 5-Core *
A16 GPU 4-Core *
Adreno 732 *
Adreno 730 *
Mali-G715 MP7 *
Mali-G615 MP6 *
Adreno 720 *
Mali-G710 MP10 *
A15 GPU 4-Core *
A14 Bionic GPU *
Maleoon 935 *
Maleoon 920 *
Maleoon 920A *
Xclipse 920 *
Adreno 660 *
Mali-G78 MP24 *
Mali-G710 MP7 *
Mali-G78 MP22 *
Iris Plus Graphics 650
Radeon 530
Radeon 625
Vega 6 *
GeForce MX110
Iris Plus Graphics 645
A13 Bionic GPU *
Iris Plus Graphics 640
A12 Bionic GPU *
Adreno 650 *
Mali-G78 MP20 *
Mali-G78 MP14 *
A11 Bionic GPU *
A10X Fusion GPU *
UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) *
A9X / PowerVR GT7xxx
GeForce 920M
Radeon 620
Radeon 520
Radeon 610
Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Radeon 610M *
Vega 6 *
Vega 5 *
UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs *
Intel Graphics 1 Xe3 WCL *
UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU)
Vega 3
UHD Graphics 620
HD Graphics 620
Adreno 690 *
Adreno 685 *
Adreno 680 *
GeForce 910M

Class 4

Vega 2 *
A10 Fusion GPU
UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 32 EU)
Mali-G77 MP11 *
Xclipse 540
Xclipse 530
Mali-G77 MP9 *
Mali-G76 MP16 *
Mali-G610 MP6 *
Mali-G610 MP4 *
Adreno 810 *
Maleoon 920c *
Adreno 644 *
Adreno 643 *
Adreno 642 *
Mali-G610 MP3 *
Mali-G615 MP2 *
Adreno 642L *
Adreno 710 *
Adreno 640 *
Maleoon 910 *
Adreno 630 *
Mali-G76 MP12 *
Mali-G76 MP10 *
Mali-G68 MP5 *
Mali-G57 MP6 *
Mali-G57 MP5 *
Adreno 540 *
Mali-G72 MP18 *
Mali-G71 MP20 *
Mali-G72 MP12 *
Mali-G71 MP8
UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 24 EU)
UHD Graphics 617
UHD Graphics 615
HD Graphics 615
PowerVR GM9446
Adreno 530
PowerVR GXA6850
GeForce ULP K1 (Tegra K1 Kepler GPU)
A9 / PowerVR GT7600
Mali-T880 MP12
Mali-G76 MP4 *
UHD Graphics 610
HD Graphics 610
UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 16 EU)
UHD Graphics 605
HD Graphics 505
Mali-T760 MP8
Mali-G71 MP2 *
Adreno 430
Mali-G72 MP3 *
VideoCore VII *
Mali-G68 MP4 *
Mali-T880 MP4
Mali-G52 MP6 *
Mali-G68 MP2 *
Mali-G52 MP2 *
Mali-G52 MP1 *
UHD Graphics 600
HD Graphics 500
Mali-T760 MP6
Mali-T880 MP2
HD Graphics 405 (Braswell)
HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)
PowerVR GX6450
Adreno 420
Adreno 620 *
IMG BXM-8-256
Mali-G57 MP4 *
Mali-G57 MP3 *

Class 5

Class 6

* Approximate position of the graphics adapter

Klaus Hinum (Update: 2026-03-10)