Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2026
Sep 2019
Manufacturer
Apple
AMD
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
ARMv9
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Core Architecture
Apple M5
Matisse
Integrated Graphics
Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
N/A
Generation
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Ryzen 5 (Zen 2 (Matisse))
Package
Transistor Count
28 billions
3.8 billions
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
7 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
AMD Socket AM4
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
95 °C
Power Consumption
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65 W
Foundry
—
TSMC
Die Size
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74 mm²
I/O Process Size
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12 nm
I/O Die Size
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124 mm²
Package
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µOPGA-1331
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
—
Performance Core Threads
6
—
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.61 GHz
3.6 GHz
Efficiency Cores
12
—
Efficiency Core Threads
12
—
Total Core Count
18
6
Total Thread Count
18
6
Multiplier
46
36.0
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
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4.1 GHz
Bus Frequency
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100 MHz
L1 Cache
—
64 KB per core
L2 Cache
—
512 KB per core
L3 Cache
—
32 MB shared
SMP
—
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-9600
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Bandwidth
307 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Max Memory Channels
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2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
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Shader Units
2560
—
Texture Units
160
—
Raster Operation Units
80
—
Execution Units
320
—
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
—
4
PCIe Lanes
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24
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,569
1,166
Cinebench R23
24,400
6,717
Geekbench 6
4,290
1,650
Geekbench 6
24,687
6,523
Cinebench 2024
209
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Cinebench 2024
1,732
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▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.