Apple M5 Pro (15-Core) vs Intel Core i9 10920X
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2026
Oct 2019
Manufacturer
Apple
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
ARMv9
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M5
Cascade Lake
Integrated Graphics
Apple M5 Pro GPU (18-core)
N/A
Processor Number
-
i9-10920X
Package
Transistor Count
28 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
14 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
LGA-2066
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
94 °C
Power Consumption
-
165 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
5
12
Performance Core Threads
5
24
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.61 GHz
3.5 GHz
Efficiency Cores
10
-
Efficiency Core Threads
10
-
Total Core Count
15
12
Total Thread Count
15
24
Multiplier
46
-
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
4.6 GHz
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
L2 Cache
-
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
-
20 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-9600
DDR4-2933
Max Memory Bandwidth
307 GB/s
93.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Max Memory Size
-
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
-
4
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
-
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
-
3.0
PCIe Lanes
-
48
Extended Instruction Set
-
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,569
1,280
Cinebench R23
22,591
15,354
Geekbench 6
4,283
1,696
Geekbench 6
23,517
9,541
Cinebench 2024
208
-
Cinebench 2024
1,623
-
Geekbench 5
-
1,201
Geekbench 5
-
13,408
Passmark CPU
-
2,738
Passmark CPU
-
26,244