Apple M5 Pro (15-Core) vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2026
Nov 2019
Manufacturer
Apple
AMD
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
ARMv9
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M5
Zen 2
Integrated Graphics
Apple M5 Pro GPU (18-core)
N/A
Package
Transistor Count
28 billions
3.8 billions
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
7 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
AM4
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
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Power Consumption
—
105 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
5
16
Performance Core Threads
5
32
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.61 GHz
3.5 GHz
Efficiency Cores
10
—
Efficiency Core Threads
10
—
Total Core Count
15
16
Total Thread Count
15
32
Multiplier
46
35x
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
—
4.7 GHz
Bus Frequency
—
100 MHz
L1 Cache
—
64 K per core
L2 Cache
—
512 K per core
L3 Cache
—
64 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-9600
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Bandwidth
307 GB/s
47.68 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Max Memory Size
—
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
—
2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
—
4.0
PCIe Lanes
—
16
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,569
1,349
Cinebench R23
22,591
24,396
Geekbench 6
4,283
1,709
Geekbench 6
23,517
11,656
Cinebench 2024
208
72
Cinebench 2024
1,623
1,325
Passmark CPU
—
2,692
Passmark CPU
—
38,953
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.