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Two rigs, one table. Higher numbers win in cobalt; TDP and price flip.

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SpecGoogle Cloud TPU v5pApple MacBook Pro 16-inch, M4 Max (2024)
Bf16 Tflops PER Chip459—
Chip—Apple M4 Max
Chips PER POD8,960—
CPU Cores Options—14, 16
CPU Efficiency Cores—4
CPU Perf Cores 14core—10
CPU Perf Cores 16core—12
Display Brightness Nits HDR Peak—1,600
Display PPI—254
Display Resolution H—2,234
Display Resolution W—3,456
Display Size IN—16.2
FP8 Tflops PER Chip459—
GPU Cores Options—32, 40
HBM Bandwidth GB S2,765—
HBM Capacity GIB95—
ICI Bandwidth GB S1,200—
Memory Bandwidth GB S 14core—410
Memory Bandwidth GB S 16core—546
MSRP (USD)↓ better—3,499
Neural Engine Cores—16
Sparse Cores PER Chip4—
SSD TB Options—1, 2, 4, 8
Statusavailable (earlier generation)—
Successor—MacBook Pro with M5 Pro / M5 Max
Successor 16in M5 MAX Price USD—3,899
Successor 16in M5 PRO Price USD—2,699
Successor M5 MAX Bandwidth GB S—614
Successor M5 MAX Memory MAX GB—128
Successor Tpu7x Chips PER POD9,216—
Successor Tpu7x GA2026-03-31—
Superseded ON—2026-03-03
Tensor Cores PER Chip2—
Topology3D torus—
Unified Memory GB Options—36, 48, 64, 128