AMD Ryzen 5 2500U vs Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2017
Mar 2026
Manufacturer
AMD
Apple
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
ARMv9
Core Architecture
Raven Ridge
Apple M5
Integrated Graphics
Radeon Vega 8
Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
Package
Transistor Count
4.9 billions
28 billions
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
3 nm
Socket
FP5
Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption
15 W
64 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
6
Performance Core Threads
8
6
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.0 GHz
4.61 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.6 GHz
-
Total Core Count
4
18
Total Thread Count
8
18
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
-
Multiplier
20x
46
L1 Cache
128 K per core
192 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
-
L3 Cache
4 MB shared
-
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Efficiency Cores
-
12
Efficiency Core Threads
-
12
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
4.38 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2400
LPDDR5X-9600
Max Memory Size
32 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
-
Max Memory Bandwidth
35.76 GB/s
460.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1100 MHz
2005 MHz
Shader Units
512
4096
Texture Units
32
256
Raster Operation Units
8
128
Execution Units
8
512
Power Consumption
65 W
-
Max Resolution
3840x2160 - 60 Hz
-
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
796
-
Cinebench R23
2,861
-
Geekbench 6
1,025
4,282
Geekbench 5
781
-
Geekbench 6
2,649
29,052
Geekbench 5
2,722
-
Blender
41
-
Passmark CPU
1,807
-
Passmark CPU
6,483
-
Cinebench 2024
-
200
Cinebench 2024
-
2,065