AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Apple M5 (8-core GPU)

CPU Specs Compare

C

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

AMD 2021-01
C

Apple M5 (8-core GPU)

Apple 2026-03

General Parameters

Release Date
Jan 2021
Mar 2026
Manufacturer
AMD
Apple
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
ARMv9
Core Architecture
Cezanne
Apple M5
Integrated Graphics
Radeon RX Vega 8
Apple M5 GPU (8-core)

Package

Manufacturing Process
7 nm
3 nm
Socket
FP6
Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption
35-54 W
27 W
Peak Operating Temperature
105 °C
100 °C
Transistor Count
-
28 billions

CPU Performance

Performance Cores
8
4
Performance Core Threads
16
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.3 GHz
4.61 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.6 GHz
-
Total Core Count
8
10
Total Thread Count
16
10
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
-
Multiplier
33x
46
L1 Cache
64 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
DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266
LPDDR5X-9600
Max Memory Size
64 GB
-
Max Memory Channels
2
-
Max Memory Bandwidth
68.27 GB/s
153 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No

Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2100 MHz
2005 MHz
Shader Units
512
1024
Texture Units
32
64
Raster Operation Units
8
32
Power Consumption
15 W
-
Execution Units
-
128

Miscellaneous

Official Website
-
PCIe Version
3.0
-
PCIe Lanes
16
-

📊 Benchmark

Cinebench R23
1,481
2,552
Cinebench R23
12,793
15,912
Geekbench 6
1,993
4,251
Geekbench 5
1,511
-
Geekbench 6
9,310
17,501
Geekbench 5
8,303
-
Blender
214
-
Passmark CPU
3,183
-
Passmark CPU
22,772
-
Cinebench 2024
-
206
Cinebench 2024
-
1,170