Apple M5 (10-Core) vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2025
Jan 2022
Manufacturer
Apple
AMD
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
ARMv9
x86-64
Processor Number
Apple M5
—
Integrated Graphics
Apple M5 GPU
Radeon 660M
Core Architecture
—
Rembrandt
Package
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
6 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
FP7
Power Consumption
—
15-28 W
Peak Operating Temperature
—
95 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
6
Performance Core Threads
4
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.6 GHz
2.9 GHz
Efficiency Cores
6
—
Efficiency Core Threads
6
—
Total Core Count
10
6
Total Thread Count
10
12
Multiplier
46
29x
L1 Cache
320 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
16 MB shared
512 K per core
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
—
4.5 GHz
Bus Frequency
—
100 MHz
L3 Cache
—
16 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-9600
DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-6400
Max Memory Bandwidth
153 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
—
Max Memory Channels
—
4
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2240 MHz
1900 MHz
Shader Units
1280
384
Texture Units
80
24
Raster Operation Units
40
16
Execution Units
160
6
GPU Base Frequency
—
1500 MHz
Power Consumption
—
15 W
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
—
4.0
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,399
1,490
Cinebench R23
15,574
9,816
Geekbench 6
4,186
—
Geekbench 6
16,820
—
Cinebench 2024
184
—
Cinebench 2024
1,071
—
Cinebench 2026
4,367
—
Cinebench 2026
737
—
Geekbench 5
—
1,473
Geekbench 5
—
7,486
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.