Apple M5 Pro (15-Core) vs AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2026
Jan 2022
Manufacturer
Apple
AMD
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
ARMv9
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M5
Rembrandt
Integrated Graphics
Apple M5 Pro GPU (18-core)
Radeon 680M
Package
Transistor Count
28 billions
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Manufacturing Process
3 nm
6 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
FP7
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
95 °C
Power Consumption
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45 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
5
8
Performance Core Threads
5
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.61 GHz
3.3 GHz
Efficiency Cores
10
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Efficiency Core Threads
10
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Total Core Count
15
8
Total Thread Count
15
16
Multiplier
46
33x
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
—
5 GHz
Bus Frequency
—
100 MHz
L1 Cache
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64 K per core
L2 Cache
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512 K per core
L3 Cache
—
16 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-9600
DDR5-5200, LPDDR5-6400
Max Memory Bandwidth
307 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
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Max Memory Channels
—
4
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
—
2000 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
2400 MHz
Shader Units
—
768
Texture Units
—
48
Raster Operation Units
—
32
Execution Units
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12
Power Consumption
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15 W
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
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4.0
PCIe Lanes
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20
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,569
1,669
Cinebench R23
22,591
14,711
Geekbench 6
4,283
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Geekbench 6
23,517
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Cinebench 2024
208
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Cinebench 2024
1,623
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▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.