Apple M5 Ultra vs Apple M5 Max
The M5 Ultra delivers 2.0x the FP32 throughput of the M5 Max (33 vs 17 TFLOPS dense). The M5 Ultra also carries 384 GB more memory (512 GB vs 128 GB).
Apple M5 Ultra
Full specs →Apple M5 Max
Full specs →Specifications
Performance (TFLOPS)
FLOPS by Precision
What actually differs
Both GPUs launched in 2026: the M5 Ultra on Apple M5 and the M5 Max on Apple M5.
Dense throughput for the M5 Ultra against the M5 Max: FP32 33 vs 17 TFLOPS. Sparse figures, where the vendor publishes them, appear under each dense number in the performance table.
Memory is 512 GB against 128 GB, fed at 1.2 TB/s versus 614 GB/s. More memory per GPU means larger models fit before you have to shard across cards, which often matters more than raw TFLOPS for inference.
For LLM training and inference, weight the FP8 and FP16 rows and memory capacity most heavily. For scientific and HPC workloads, the FP64 row is the one to read.
Frequently asked questions
Is the M5 Ultra faster than the M5 Max?
At FP32 precision the M5 Ultra reaches 33 TFLOPS dense against 17 TFLOPS for the M5 Max. The performance table on this page lists every published precision for both GPUs.
Which has more memory, the M5 Ultra or the M5 Max?
The M5 Ultra carries 512 GB of VRAM versus 128 GB for the M5 Max. Memory bandwidth is 1.2 TB/s for the M5 Ultra and 614 GB/s for the M5 Max.
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