Apple M5 (8-core GPU) vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2026
Sep 2019
Manufacturer
Apple
AMD
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
ARMv9
-
Core Architecture
Apple M5
Matisse
Integrated Graphics
Apple M5 GPU (8-core)
N/A
Generation
-
Ryzen 5 (Zen 2 (Matisse))
Package
Transistor Count
28 billions
3.8 billions
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
7 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
AMD Socket AM4
Power Consumption
27 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
95 °C
Foundry
-
TSMC
Die Size
-
74 mm²
I/O Process Size
-
12 nm
I/O Die Size
-
124 mm²
Package
-
µOPGA-1331
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
-
Performance Core Threads
4
-
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.61 GHz
3.6 GHz
Efficiency Cores
6
-
Efficiency Core Threads
6
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
-
Total Core Count
10
6
Total Thread Count
10
6
Multiplier
46
36.0
L1 Cache
192 K per core
64 KB per core
L2 Cache
16 MB shared
512 KB per core
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
4.1 GHz
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
L3 Cache
-
32 MB shared
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-9600
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Bandwidth
153 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Max Memory Channels
-
2
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
-
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,552
1,166
Cinebench R23
15,912
6,717
Geekbench 6
4,251
1,650
Geekbench 6
17,501
6,523
Cinebench 2024
206
-
Cinebench 2024
1,170
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