AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX vs Apple M5 (10-Core)
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2021
Oct 2025
Manufacturer
AMD
Apple
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
ARMv9
Core Architecture
Zen 3 (Cezanne)
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Integrated Graphics
Radeon RX Vega 8
Apple M5 GPU
Processor Number
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Apple M5
Package
Transistor Count
10.7 billions
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Manufacturing Process
7 nm
3 nm
Socket
FP6
Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption
35-54 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
105°C
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CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
4
Performance Core Threads
16
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.3 GHz
4.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.8 GHz
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Total Core Count
8
10
Total Thread Count
16
10
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
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Multiplier
33x
46
L1 Cache
64 K per core
320 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
16 MB shared
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
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Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Efficiency Cores
—
6
Efficiency Core Threads
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6
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266
LPDDR5X-9600
Max Memory Size
64 GB
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Max Memory Channels
2
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Max Memory Bandwidth
51.2 GB/s
153 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2100 MHz
2240 MHz
Shader Units
512
1280
Texture Units
32
80
Raster Operation Units
8
40
Power Consumption
15 W
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Execution Units
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160
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
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PCIe Lanes
12
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,626
2,399
Cinebench R23
11,891
15,574
Geekbench 6
2,047
4,186
Geekbench 6
8,439
16,820
Cinebench 2024
—
184
Cinebench 2024
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1,071
Cinebench 2026
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4,367
Cinebench 2026
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737
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.