Apple M5 (10-Core) vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2025
Jun 2024
Manufacturer
Apple
Amd
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
ARMv9
x86-64
Processor Number
Apple M5
—
Integrated Graphics
Apple M5 GPU
Radeon Graphics
Core Architecture
—
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Generation
—
Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))
Series
—
Ryzen 9000 Series
Package
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
4 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
AM5
Power Consumption
—
120 W
Peak Operating Temperature
—
95 °C
Foundry
—
TSMC
I/O Process Size
—
6 nm
Package
—
FC-LGA1718
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
12
Performance Core Threads
4
24
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.6 GHz
4.4 GHz
Efficiency Cores
6
—
Efficiency Core Threads
6
—
Total Core Count
10
12
Total Thread Count
10
24
Multiplier
46
44x
L1 Cache
320 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
16 MB shared
1 MB per core
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
—
5.6 GHz
Bus Frequency
—
100 MHz
L3 Cache
—
64 MB shared
SMP
—
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-9600
DDR5-5600
Max Memory Bandwidth
153 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
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2240 MHz
2200 MHz
Shader Units
1280
—
Texture Units
80
—
Raster Operation Units
40
—
Execution Units
160
2
GPU Base Frequency
—
MHz
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
—
5.0
PCIe Lanes
—
28
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,399
2,232
Cinebench R23
15,574
32,626
Geekbench 6
4,186
3,342
Geekbench 6
16,820
19,527
Cinebench 2024
184
134
Cinebench 2024
1,071
1,764
Cinebench 2026
4,367
—
Cinebench 2026
737
—
Passmark CPU
—
4,648
Passmark CPU
—
53,832
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.