Apple M5 Pro (15-Core) vs Intel Core i9 9900X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2026
Oct 2018
Manufacturer
Apple
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
ARMv9
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M5
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
Apple M5 Pro GPU (18-core)
N/A
Processor Number
—
i9-9900X
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
92 °C
Power Consumption
—
165 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
5
10
Performance Core Threads
5
20
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.61 GHz
3.5 GHz
Efficiency Cores
10
—
Efficiency Core Threads
10
—
Total Core Count
15
10
Total Thread Count
15
20
Multiplier
46
35x
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
—
4.4 GHz
Bus Frequency
—
100 MHz
L1 Cache
—
64 K per core
L2 Cache
—
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
—
20 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-9600
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Bandwidth
307 GB/s
85 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Max Memory Size
—
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
—
4
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
—
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
—
3.0
PCIe Lanes
—
44
Extended Instruction Set
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SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,569
1,182
Cinebench R23
22,591
13,994
Geekbench 6
4,283
1,455
Geekbench 6
23,517
10,273
Cinebench 2024
208
—
Cinebench 2024
1,623
—
Geekbench 5
—
1,165
Geekbench 5
—
10,704
Passmark CPU
—
2,565
Passmark CPU
—
21,833
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.