Intel Core i9 9980XE vs Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2018
Mar 2026
Manufacturer
Intel
Apple
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
ARMv9
Core Architecture
Skylake
Apple M5
Processor Number
i9-9980XE
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
3 nm
Socket
LGA-2066
Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption
165 W
-
Peak Operating Temperature
84°C
100 °C
Transistor Count
-
28 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
18
6
Performance Core Threads
36
6
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
4.61 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.4 GHz
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Total Core Count
18
18
Total Thread Count
36
18
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
-
Multiplier
30x
46
L1 Cache
64 K per core
-
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
-
L3 Cache
25 MB shared
-
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Efficiency Cores
-
12
Efficiency Core Threads
-
12
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
LPDDR5X-9600
Max Memory Size
128 GB
-
Max Memory Channels
4
-
Max Memory Bandwidth
79.47 GB/s
307 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
-
PCIe Lanes
44
-
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
-
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
-
true
Shader Units
-
2560
Texture Units
-
160
Raster Operation Units
-
80
Execution Units
-
320
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,114
2,569
Cinebench R23
27,093
24,400
Geekbench 6
1,480
4,290
Geekbench 5
1,122
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Geekbench 6
11,091
24,687
Geekbench 5
17,154
-
Blender
290
-
Passmark CPU
2,569
-
Passmark CPU
31,938
-
Cinebench 2024
-
209
Cinebench 2024
-
1,732