Product Compare

AMD Ryzen 5 8500G vs Apple M5 (10-Core)

	CPU AMD Ryzen 5 8500G	CPU Apple M5 (10-Core)
General Parameters
Release Date	Jan 2024	Oct 2025
Manufacturer	Amd	Apple
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	ARMv9
Core Architecture	Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Integrated Graphics	Radeon 740M	Apple M5 GPU
Generation	Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Phoenix))
Processor Number		Apple M5
Package
Transistor Count	20.9 billions
Manufacturing Process	4 nm	3 nm
Socket	AM5	Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption	45-65 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption	88 W
Peak Operating Temperature	95 °C
Foundry	TSMC
Die Size	137 mm²
Package	FC-LGA1718
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	2	4
Performance Core Threads	4	4
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.5 GHz	4.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5 GHz
Efficiency Cores	4	6
Efficiency Core Threads	8	6
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	3.3 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency	3.7 GHz
Total Core Count	6	10
Total Thread Count	12	10
Bus Frequency	100 MHz
Multiplier	35	46
L1 Cache	64 K per core	320 K per core
L2 Cache	1 MB per core	16 MB shared
L3 Cache	16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	No
SMP	1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-5200	LPDDR5X-9600
Max Memory Size	256 GB
Max Memory Channels	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	83.2 GB/s	153 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	Yes	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	2800 MHz	2240 MHz
Shader Units	256	1280
Texture Units	16	80
Raster Operation Units	8	40
Execution Units	4	160
Power Consumption	15
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	4.0
PCIe Lanes	14
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1794	2399
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	11521	15574
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2716	4186
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	11079	16820
Cinebench 2024 Single Core	108	184
Cinebench 2024 Multi Core	686	1071