Quick/Comparisons
Both CPUs deliver identical gaming performance, making them tied in this use case.
The Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) takes the lead in creative workloads with a 6-point advantage in multi-core performance.
Both CPUs offer identical power efficiency, resulting in a tie in this use case.
100 | Single-Core Performance | 100 |
87 | Multi-Core Performance | 93 |
99 | Power Efficiency |
Compare with something else?
Compare Apple M5 Pro with another →99 |
99 | Integrated Graphics | 99 |
95 | QucikComparison Final Score | 97 |
| 15 | Cores | 18 |
| — | TDP | — |
| 3 nm | Transistor size | 3 nm |
| 208 | Cinebench 2024 (Single) | 201 |
| 1982 | Cinebench 2024 (Multi) | 2053 |
| 4254 | Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 4312 |
| 25906 | Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 28467 |
| 2370 MB/sec | File compression | 2530 MB/sec |
| 222.4 Klines/sec | Clang compilation | 262.5 Klines/sec |
| 672.6 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 738.1 pages/sec |
| 667.2 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 744.9 Mpixels/sec |
| 436.8 pages/sec | Text processing | 450.7 pages/sec |
| 98.7 images/sec | Background blur | 100.3 images/sec |
| 238.6 images/sec | Photo processing | 250.8 images/sec |
| 39.7 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 46.5 Mpixels/sec |
| 5901 | Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | 6007 |
| 49402 | Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | 56694 |
| 111.7 GOps/sec | Integer math | 132.3 GOps/sec |
| 158.5 GOps/sec | Floating point math | 190.5 GOps/sec |
| 479M Primes/sec | Find prime numbers | 483M Primes/sec |
| 71.8M Strings/sec | Random string sorting | 86.5M Strings/sec |
| 34.1 GBytes/sec | Data encryption | 36 GBytes/sec |
| 593.7 MBytes/sec | Data compression | 713.3 MBytes/sec |
| 5502 Frames/sec | Physics | 5756 Frames/sec |
| 27.3B Matrices/sec | Extended instructions | 34.2B Matrices/sec |
| — | Blender CPU | 564.71 |
| — | Cinebench 2024 / Watt | — |
| — | Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | — |
| — | Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | — |
| — | Blender / Watt | — |
| — | [Performance Cores] | — |
| 5 | P-Cores | 6 |
| 5 | P-Threads | 6 |
| 4.61 GHz | Base Frequency (P) | 4.61 GHz |
| — | [Efficient Cores] | — |
| 10 | E-Cores | 12 |
| 10 | E-Threads | 12 |
| 4.38 GHz | Base Frequency (E) | 4.38 GHz |
| — | [Total] | — |
| 15 | Total Cores | 18 |
| 15 | Total Threads | 18 |
| 46x | Multiplier | 46x |
| 192K (per core) | L1 Cache | 192K (per core) |
| — | L2 Cache | — |
| No | Unlocked Multiplier | No |
| Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core) | Integrated Graphics | Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) |
| 1620 MHz | GPU Boost Clock | 1620 MHz |
| 2048 | Shading Units | 2560 |
| 128 | TMUs | 160 |
| 64 | ROPs | 80 |
| 256 | Execution Units | 320 |
| 6.6 TFLOPS | iGPU FLOPS | 8.3 TFLOPS |
| - LPDDR5X-9600 | Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-9600 |
| 64 GB | Max. Memory Size | 64 GB |
| 4 | Memory Channels | 16 |
| 307 GB/s | Max. Memory Bandwidth | 307 GB/s |
| No | ECC Support | No |
| Apple | Vendor | Apple |
| March 3, 2026 | Released | March 3, 2026 |
| Laptop | Type | Laptop |
| ARMv9 | Instruction Set | ARMv9 |
| Apple M5 | Codename | Apple M5 |
| — | Model number | — |
| Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core) | Integrated GPU | Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) |
| — | Qualcomm Equivalent | — |
| 28 billions | Transistors | 28 billions |
| 3 nm | Fabrication Process | 3 nm |
| — | TDP (PL1) | — |
| Apple M-Socket | Socket | Apple M-Socket |
| 100°C | Peak Temperature | 100°C |
