Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) vs AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2026
Jun 2025
Manufacturer
Apple
Amd
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
ARMv9
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M5
Zen 5 (Strix Point)
Integrated Graphics
Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
Radeon 890M
Package
Transistor Count
28 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
4 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
FP8
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100 °C
Power Consumption
-
15-35 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
3
Performance Core Threads
6
6
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.61 GHz
2.0 GHz
Efficiency Cores
12
5
Efficiency Core Threads
12
10
Total Core Count
18
8
Total Thread Count
18
16
Multiplier
46
20
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
5 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
2.0 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
3.3 GHz
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
L1 Cache
-
80 K per core
L2 Cache
-
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
-
16 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-9600
DDR5-5600,LPDDR5X-8000
Max Memory Bandwidth
307 GB/s
-
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
Shader Units
2560
1024
Texture Units
160
64
Raster Operation Units
80
40
Execution Units
320
16
GPU Base Frequency
-
800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
2900 MHz
Power Consumption
-
15
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,569
1,953
Cinebench R23
24,400
14,572
Geekbench 6
4,290
2,753
Geekbench 6
24,687
11,860
Cinebench 2024
209
113
Cinebench 2024
1,732
791
Passmark CPU
-
4,074
Passmark CPU
-
24,157