Apple M5 Pro (15-Core) vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2026
Jan 2021
Manufacturer
Apple
AMD
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
ARMv9
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M5
Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Integrated Graphics
Apple M5 Pro GPU (18-core)
Radeon RX Vega 8
Package
Transistor Count
28 billions
10.7 billions
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
7 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
FP6
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
105°C
Power Consumption
-
35-54 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
5
8
Performance Core Threads
5
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.61 GHz
3.3 GHz
Efficiency Cores
10
-
Efficiency Core Threads
10
-
Total Core Count
15
8
Total Thread Count
15
16
Multiplier
46
33x
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
4.8 GHz
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
L1 Cache
-
64 K per core
L2 Cache
-
512 K per core
L3 Cache
-
16 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-9600
DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266
Max Memory Bandwidth
307 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Max Memory Size
-
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
-
2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
2100 MHz
Shader Units
-
512
Texture Units
-
32
Raster Operation Units
-
8
Power Consumption
-
15 W
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,569
1,626
Cinebench R23
22,591
11,891
Geekbench 6
4,283
2,047
Geekbench 6
23,517
8,439
Cinebench 2024
208
-
Cinebench 2024
1,623
-