Apple M5 vs Apple M5 Pro

The M5 Pro delivers 100% more FP32 throughput than the M5 (8.3 vs 4.2 TFLOPS dense). The M5 Pro also carries 32 GB more memory (64 GB vs 32 GB).

M5: Apple M5, 2025 M5 Pro: Apple M5, 2025
FP32 dense lead
+100%
M5 Pro: 8.3 vs 4.2 TFLOPS
VRAM
32 vs 64 GB
32 GB more for the M5 Pro
Bandwidth
154 GB/s vs 307 GB/s
M5 Pro moves data faster

Specifications

M5
M5 Pro
Architecture
Apple M5Apple M5
Launch Year
20252025
Form Factor
SoCSoC
VRAM
32 GB64 GB
Memory Bandwidth
154 GB/s307 GB/s
TDP
Process Node
3nm3nm

Performance (TFLOPS)

M5
M5 Pro
FP32
4.2 TFlops 8.3 TFlops

FLOPS by Precision

What actually differs

Both GPUs launched in 2025: the M5 on Apple M5 and the M5 Pro on Apple M5.

Dense throughput for the M5 against the M5 Pro: FP32 4.2 vs 8.3 TFLOPS. Sparse figures, where the vendor publishes them, appear under each dense number in the performance table.

Memory is 32 GB against 64 GB, fed at 154 GB/s versus 307 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 faster than the M5 Pro?

At FP32 precision the M5 Pro reaches 8.3 TFLOPS dense against 4.2 TFLOPS for the M5. The performance table on this page lists every published precision for both GPUs.

Which has more memory, the M5 or the M5 Pro?

The M5 Pro carries 64 GB of VRAM versus 32 GB for the M5. Memory bandwidth is 154 GB/s for the M5 and 307 GB/s for the M5 Pro.

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