AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Apple M5 (8-core GPU)

CPU Specs Compare

C

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

AMD 2018-04
C

Apple M5 (8-core GPU)

Apple 2026-03

General Parameters

Release Date
Apr 2018
Mar 2026
Manufacturer
AMD
Apple
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
ARMv9
Core Architecture
Zen+
Apple M5
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Apple M5 GPU (8-core)

Package

Transistor Count
4.8 billions
28 billions
Manufacturing Process
12 nm
3 nm
Socket
AM4
Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption
95 W
27 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
100 °C

CPU Performance

Performance Cores
6
4
Performance Core Threads
12
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
4.61 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
-
Total Core Count
6
10
Total Thread Count
12
10
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
-
Multiplier
36x
46
L1 Cache
96 K per core
192 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
16 MB shared
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
-
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Efficiency Cores
-
6
Efficiency Core Threads
-
6
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
3.0 GHz

Memory Parameters

Memory Types
DDR4-2933
LPDDR5X-9600
Max Memory Size
64 GB
-
Max Memory Channels
2
-
Max Memory Bandwidth
43.71 GB/s
153 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No

Miscellaneous

Official Website
-
PCIe Version
3.0
-
PCIe Lanes
20
-

Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics
-
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
2005 MHz
Shader Units
-
1024
Texture Units
-
64
Raster Operation Units
-
32
Execution Units
-
128

📊 Benchmark

Cinebench R23
1,088
2,552
Cinebench R23
7,506
15,912
Geekbench 6
1,164
4,251
Geekbench 5
1,048
-
Geekbench 6
5,236
17,501
Geekbench 5
5,787
-
Passmark CPU
2,370
-
Passmark CPU
13,981
-
Cinebench 2024
-
206
Cinebench 2024
-
1,170