Apple M2 Ultra vs Apple M5 (10-Core)
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2023
Oct 2025
Manufacturer
Apple
Apple
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
ARMv9
Core Architecture
Apple M2
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Integrated Graphics
Apple M2 Max GPU (76-core)
Apple M5 GPU
Processor Number
-
Apple M5
Package
Transistor Count
134 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
5 nm
3 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption
60 W
-
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
-
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
4
Performance Core Threads
16
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
4.6 GHz
Efficiency Cores
8
6
Efficiency Core Threads
8
6
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
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Total Core Count
24
10
Total Thread Count
24
10
Multiplier
35x
46
L1 Cache
192 K per core
320 K per core
L2 Cache
64 MB shared
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
LPDDR5X-9600
Max Memory Size
192 GB
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Max Memory Channels
16
-
Max Memory Bandwidth
800 GB/s
153 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
2240 MHz
Shader Units
-
1280
Texture Units
-
80
Raster Operation Units
-
40
Execution Units
-
160
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
-
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,729
2,399
Cinebench R23
28,910
15,574
Geekbench 6
2,790
4,186
Geekbench 5
1,956
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Geekbench 6
21,217
16,820
Geekbench 5
27,945
-
Cinebench 2024
126
184
Cinebench 2024
1,918
1,071
Blender
505
-
Passmark CPU
4,137
-
Passmark CPU
48,776
-
Cinebench 2026
-
4,367
Cinebench 2026
-
737