Apple M4 Pro 16-Core GPU vs Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 52 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 3 March 2026 (recently) | 30 October 2024 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 40 | 16 |
| Manufacturing process technology | no data | 3 nm |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | LPDDR5x-8533 | LPDDR5x-8533 |
| Shared memory | no data | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 March 2026 | 30 October 2024 |
Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU has an age advantage of 1 year.
We couldn't decide between M5 Max 40-Core GPU and M4 Pro 16-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is a notebook graphics card while Apple M4 Pro 16-Core GPU is a desktop one.
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