Apple Silicon – M5 Pro chip specs

This page details the full hardware profile of the Apple Silicon M5 Pro chip.

 

 

Name: M5 Pro Chip

Released: March 3rd, 2026

Codename:

Part Number:

Fabrication Process: *TSMC’s
3-Nanometer-P

Transistor Count:

CPU ISA: ARMv9.2A

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Memory Bus Width: 256-bit

Total channels: 16

Bit per channel: 16-Bit

Memory Type:
LPDDR5X-9600 (4800 MHz)

~Bandwidth: 307.2 GB/s

Capacities: 24 / 48 / 64 GB

CPU Information:

# of Super Cores: 5 / 6

S-Core clock: 4.61 GHz

# of Performance Cores: 10/12

P-Core clock: 3.05 GHz

Overall Cores: 15 / 18

S-L1i Cache: 192 KB per-core
• P-L1i Total: 960 / 1152 KB •

S-L1d Cache: 128 KB per-core
• P-L1d Total: 640 / 768 KB •

P-L1i Cache: 128 KB per-core
• E-L1i Total: 1.28 / 1.53 MB •

P-L1d Cache: 64 KB per-core
• E-L1d Total: 640 / 768 KB •

S-Core L2 Cache: 32 MB

P-Core L2 Cache: 8 MB

System lvl Cache: 24 MB

GPU Cores: 16 / 20

SIMD EU: 256 / 320

FP32 ALU: 2048 / 2560

GPU Clock: 1620 MHz

FP32 (TFLOPS): 6.64 / 8.29

AI Cores: 16

AI OPS: > 38 TOPS

Media Hardware acceleration:
H264, HEVC, ProRes,
ProRes RAW, AV1

TDP: ~50 – 60W

 


Sources: (Apple Silicon, Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_silicon, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_M5, https://www.notebookcheck.net/M5-Pro-18-Core-vs-M5-9-Core_20889_19998.247596.0.html, May 1st 2026.)

Apple Newsroom Press release: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/10/apple-unleashes-m5-the-next-big-leap-in-ai-performance-for-apple-silicon/

 

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