Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) vs Intel Xeon 654

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CPU Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Apple · 2026-03

CPU Intel Xeon 654 Intel · 2026-02

General Parameters

Release Date

Mar 2026

Feb 2026

Manufacturer

Apple

Intel

Type

Laptop

Server

Instruction Set

ARMv9

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Core Architecture

Apple M5

Granite Rapids

Integrated Graphics

Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)

N/A

Generation

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Xeon 600 (Granite Rapids-WS)

Package

Transistor Count

28 billions

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Manufacturing Process

3 nm

5 nm

Socket

Apple M-Socket

Intel Socket 4710

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

96°C

Power Consumption

—

200 W

Foundry

—

Intel

Die Size

—

2x598 mm²

I/O Process Size

—

10 nm

I/O Die Size

—

2x 241

Package

—

FC-LGA18N

CPU Performance

Performance Cores

6

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Performance Core Threads

6

—

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.61 GHz

3.1 GHz

Efficiency Cores

12

—

Efficiency Core Threads

12

—

Total Core Count

18

18

Total Thread Count

18

36

Multiplier

46

31.0

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Yes

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

—

4.8 GHz

Bus Frequency

—

100 MHz

L1 Cache

—

112 KB per core

L2 Cache

—

2 MB per core

L3 Cache

—

72 MB shared

SMP

—

1

Memory Parameters

Memory Types

LPDDR5X-9600

DDR5-6400

Max Memory Bandwidth

307 GB/s

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ECC Memory Support

No

Yes

Max Memory Channels

—

8

Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics

true

—

Shader Units

2560

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Texture Units

160

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Raster Operation Units

80

—

Execution Units

320

—

Miscellaneous

PCIe Version

—

5

PCIe Lanes

—

128

Benchmark

Cinebench R23

2,569

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Cinebench R23

24,400

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Geekbench 6

4,290

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Geekbench 6

24,687

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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.