Quick/Comparisons
100 | Single-Core Performance | 71 |
53 | Multi-Core Performance | 53 |
97 | Power Efficiency |
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81 | Integrated Graphics | 31 |
81 | QucikComparison Final Score | 60 |
| 10 | Cores | 16 |
| 27 W | TDP | 45-55 W (configurable) |
| 3 nm | Transistor size | 10 nm |
| 208 | Cinebench 2024 (Single) | 112 |
| 1183 | Cinebench 2024 (Multi) | 1269 |
| 4276 | Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 2517 |
| 17862 | Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 14457 |
| 1790 MB/sec | File compression | 1110 MB/sec |
| 138 Klines/sec | Clang compilation | 121.1 Klines/sec |
| 427.3 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 336.5 pages/sec |
| 430.7 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 382.4 Mpixels/sec |
| 421.1 pages/sec | Text processing | 254 pages/sec |
| 78.7 images/sec | Background blur | 58.1 images/sec |
| 156.2 images/sec | Photo processing | 116.9 images/sec |
| 21.6 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 29.6 Mpixels/sec |
| 5803 | Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | 3756 |
| 27718 | Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | 33156 |
| 57.4 GOps/sec | Integer math | 113.3 GOps/sec |
| 78.2 GOps/sec | Floating point math | 84.4 GOps/sec |
| 335M Primes/sec | Find prime numbers | 133M Primes/sec |
| 36.4M Strings/sec | Random string sorting | 43.9M Strings/sec |
| 17.3 GBytes/sec | Data encryption | 22.9 GBytes/sec |
| 313 MBytes/sec | Data compression | 398.9 MBytes/sec |
| 3338 Frames/sec | Physics | 2029 Frames/sec |
| 16.1B Matrices/sec | Extended instructions | 24.3B Matrices/sec |
| 275.89 | Blender CPU | 305.67 |
| 43.8 PPW | Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 23.1 PPW |
| 661.6 PPW | Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 262.9 PPW |
| 1026.6 PPW | Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 602.8 PPW |
| 10.22 PPW | Blender / Watt | 5.56 PPW |
| — | [Performance Cores] | — |
| 4 | P-Cores | 8 |
| 4 | P-Threads | 16 |
| 4.61 GHz | Base Frequency (P) | 2.3 GHz |
| — | [Efficient Cores] | — |
| 6 | E-Cores | 8 |
| 6 | E-Threads | 8 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Frequency (E) | 1.7 GHz |
| — | [Total] | — |
| 10 | Total Cores | 16 |
| 10 | Total Threads | 24 |
| 46x | Multiplier | 23x |
| 192K (per core) | L1 Cache | 80K (per core) |
| 16MB (shared) | L2 Cache | 1280K (per core) |
| No | Unlocked Multiplier | Yes |
| Apple M5 GPU (10-core) | Integrated Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) |
| 1620 MHz | GPU Boost Clock | 1550 MHz |
| 1280 | Shading Units | 256 |
| 80 | TMUs | 16 |
| 40 | ROPs | 8 |
| 160 | Execution Units | 32 |
| 4.1 TFLOPS | iGPU FLOPS | 0.8 TFLOPS |
| - LPDDR5X-9600 | Memory Types | - DDR5-4800 - DDR4-3200 |
| 32 GB | Max. Memory Size | 128 GB |
| 8 | Memory Channels | 2 |
| 153 GB/s | Max. Memory Bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s |
| No | ECC Support | No |
| Apple | Vendor | Intel |
| October 15, 2025 | Released | May 10, 2022 |
| Laptop | Type | Laptop |
| ARMv9 | Instruction Set | x86-64 |
| Apple M5 | Codename | Alder Lake |
| T8142 | Model number | i9-12900HX |
| Apple M5 GPU (10-core) | Integrated GPU | UHD Graphics (32EU) |
| — | Qualcomm Equivalent | — |
| 28 billions | Transistors | — |
| 3 nm | Fabrication Process | 10 nm |
| 27 W | TDP (PL1) | 45-55 W (configurable) |
| Apple M-Socket | Socket | BGA-1964 |
| 100°C | Peak Temperature | 100°C |
