Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2026
Dec 2023
Manufacturer
Apple
Amd
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
ARMv9
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M5
Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Integrated Graphics
Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
Radeon 740M
Generation
—
Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))
Package
Transistor Count
28 billions
20.9 billions
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
4 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
FP7
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100 °C
Power Consumption
—
15-30 W
Foundry
—
TSMC
Die Size
—
137 mm²
Package
—
FP7, FP7r2
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
2
Performance Core Threads
6
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.61 GHz
3.2 GHz
Efficiency Cores
12
4
Efficiency Core Threads
12
8
Total Core Count
18
6
Total Thread Count
18
12
Multiplier
46
32x
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
—
4.9 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
—
3 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
—
3.7 GHz
Bus Frequency
—
100 MHz
L1 Cache
—
64 K per core
L2 Cache
—
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
—
16 MB shared
SMP
—
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-9600
DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500
Max Memory Bandwidth
307 GB/s
89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Max Memory Size
—
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
—
2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
Shader Units
2560
256
Texture Units
160
16
Raster Operation Units
80
8
Execution Units
320
4
GPU Base Frequency
—
800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
2800 MHz
Power Consumption
—
15 W
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
—
4.0
PCIe Lanes
—
14
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,569
1,789
Cinebench R23
24,400
10,405
Geekbench 6
4,290
2,445
Geekbench 6
24,687
9,182
Cinebench 2024
209
—
Cinebench 2024
1,732
—
Passmark CPU
—
3,759
Passmark CPU
—
18,276
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.