Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) vs Intel Core i9 7980XE
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2026
Sep 2017
Manufacturer
Apple
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
ARMv9
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M5
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
N/A
Processor Number
—
i9-7980XE
Package
Transistor Count
28 billions
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Manufacturing Process
3 nm
14 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
LGA-2066
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
94 °C
Power Consumption
—
165 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
18
Performance Core Threads
6
36
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.61 GHz
2.6 GHz
Efficiency Cores
12
—
Efficiency Core Threads
12
—
Total Core Count
18
18
Total Thread Count
18
36
Multiplier
46
26x
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
—
4.2 GHz
Bus Frequency
—
100 MHz
L1 Cache
—
64 K per core
L2 Cache
—
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
—
25 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-9600
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Bandwidth
307 GB/s
79.47 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Max Memory Size
—
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
—
4
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
—
Shader Units
2560
—
Texture Units
160
—
Raster Operation Units
80
—
Execution Units
320
—
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
—
3.0
PCIe Lanes
—
44
Extended Instruction Set
—
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,569
1,263
Cinebench R23
24,400
28,196
Geekbench 6
4,290
1,410
Geekbench 6
24,687
11,418
Cinebench 2024
209
—
Cinebench 2024
1,732
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Passmark CPU
—
2,492
Passmark CPU
—
30,462
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.