Intel Core i9 10980XE vs Apple M5 (10-Core)
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2019
Oct 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Apple
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
ARMv9
Core Architecture
Cascade Lake
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Processor Number
i9-10980XE
Apple M5
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Apple M5 GPU
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
3 nm
Socket
LGA-2066
Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption
165 W
-
Peak Operating Temperature
86 °C
-
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
18
4
Performance Core Threads
36
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
4.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.6 GHz
-
Total Core Count
18
10
Total Thread Count
36
10
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
-
Multiplier
30x
46
L1 Cache
64 K per core
320 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
16 MB shared
L3 Cache
25 MB shared
-
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Efficiency Cores
-
6
Efficiency Core Threads
-
6
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2933
LPDDR5X-9600
Max Memory Size
256 GB
-
Max Memory Channels
4
-
Max Memory Bandwidth
93.8 GB/s
153 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
-
PCIe Lanes
48
-
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
-
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
-
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
2240 MHz
Shader Units
-
1280
Texture Units
-
80
Raster Operation Units
-
40
Execution Units
-
160
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,063
2,399
Cinebench R23
24,899
15,574
Geekbench 6
1,523
4,186
Geekbench 6
11,069
16,820
Blender
346
-
Passmark CPU
2,646
-
Passmark CPU
32,881
-
Cinebench 2024
-
184
Cinebench 2024
-
1,071
Cinebench 2026
-
4,367
Cinebench 2026
-
737