Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2026
Nov 2024
Manufacturer
Apple
AMD
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
ARMv9
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M5
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Integrated Graphics
Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
Radeon Graphics
Series
—
Ryzen 9000 Series
Package
Transistor Count
28 billions
—
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
4 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
AM5
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
95 °C
Power Consumption
—
120 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
—
162 W
Foundry
—
TSMC
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
8
Performance Core Threads
6
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.61 GHz
4.7 GHz
Efficiency Cores
12
—
Efficiency Core Threads
12
—
Total Core Count
18
8
Total Thread Count
18
16
Multiplier
46
47
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
—
5.2 GHz
Bus Frequency
—
100 MHz
L1 Cache
—
80 K per core
L2 Cache
—
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
—
96 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-9600
DDR5-5600
Max Memory Bandwidth
307 GB/s
89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Max Memory Size
—
192 GB
Max Memory Channels
—
2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
Shader Units
2560
128
Texture Units
160
8
Raster Operation Units
80
4
Execution Units
320
2
GPU Base Frequency
—
400 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
2200 MHz
Power Consumption
—
15
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
—
5.0
PCIe Lanes
—
28
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,569
2,072
Cinebench R23
24,400
23,349
Geekbench 6
4,290
3,316
Geekbench 6
24,687
18,343
Cinebench 2024
209
132
Cinebench 2024
1,732
1,321
Blender
—
344
Cinebench 2026
—
5,617
Cinebench 2026
—
538
Passmark CPU
—
4,435
Passmark CPU
—
40,072
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.