Apple M5 (8-core GPU) vs AMD Ryzen 5 230
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2026
Jan 2025
Manufacturer
Apple
Amd
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
ARMv9
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M5
Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Integrated Graphics
Apple M5 GPU (8-core)
Radeon 760M
Package
Transistor Count
28 billions
25 billions
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
4 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
FP8
Power Consumption
27 W
15-30 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100 °C
Die Size
—
178 mm²
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
6
Performance Core Threads
4
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.61 GHz
3.5 GHz
Efficiency Cores
6
—
Efficiency Core Threads
6
—
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
—
Total Core Count
10
6
Total Thread Count
10
12
Multiplier
46
35
L1 Cache
192 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
16 MB shared
1 MB per core
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
—
4.9 GHz
Bus Frequency
—
100 MHz
L3 Cache
—
16 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-9600
LPDDR5X-7500,DDR5-5600
Max Memory Bandwidth
153 GB/s
120 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Max Memory Size
—
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
—
2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2005 MHz
2600 MHz
Shader Units
1024
512
Texture Units
64
32
Raster Operation Units
32
16
Execution Units
128
8
GPU Base Frequency
—
800 MHz
Power Consumption
—
15
AI Accelerator
NPU
—
AMD Ryzen™ AI
Theoretical performance
—
16 TOPS
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
—
4.0
PCIe Lanes
—
20
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,552
1,728
Cinebench R23
15,912
10,612
Geekbench 6
4,251
2,413
Geekbench 6
17,501
9,082
Cinebench 2024
206
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Cinebench 2024
1,170
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.