AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Apple M5 (10-Core)

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, vs Apple M5 (10-Core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and Apple M5 (10-Core)
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
1541
Apple M5 (10-Core)
2569
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
11838
Apple M5 (10-Core)
16130
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
92
Apple M5 (10-Core)
208
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
607
Apple M5 (10-Core)
1183
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
3363
Apple M5 (10-Core)
6019
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
21869
Apple M5 (10-Core)
29059
Integer Math71.4 GOps/sn/a
Floating-Point Math39.5 GOps/sn/a
Prime Number Search133 M primes/sn/a
Random String Sort26.3 M strings/sn/a
Data Encryption15.7 GB/sn/a
Data Compression252.4 MB/sn/a
Physics1318 frames/sn/a
Extended Instructions17 M matrices/sn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
2173
Apple M5 (10-Core)
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
9135
Apple M5 (10-Core)
n/a
File Compression954.5 MB/s1770 MB/s
Clang Compilation66.2 KLines/s139.5 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser169 pages/s412.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering245 MP/sec438.2 MP/sec
Text Processing213.5 pages/s419.8 pages/s
Background Blur47.2 frames/s79.1 frames/s
Photo Processing68.8 frames/s169.4 frames/s
Ray Tracing16 MP/sec21.8 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
156.48
Apple M5 (10-Core)
276.45

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 140.5 PPW n/a
PassMark CPU / W 336.4 PPW n/a
Cinebench 2024 / W 9.3 PPW n/a
Blender / W 2.41 PPW n/a

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Apple
Announced October, 8, 2020 October, 15, 2025
Type PC use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Zen 3 (Vermeer) n/a
Model number n/a T8142
Integrated GPU No Apple M5 (10-core)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 4
Threads 12 4
Frequency 3.7 GHz 4.61 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.6 GHz n/a
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a6
Threadsn/a6
Frequencyn/a3.0 GHz
General
Cores count610
Threads count1210
Bus frequency100 MHzn/a
Multiplier37x46x
L1 cache64 KB/core320 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core16 KB/core
L3 Cache32 MB totaln/a
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count n/a 28 billion
Process tech. 7 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W n/a
Max TDP (Boost) 88 W n/a
Socket AM4 Apple M-Socket
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR4-3200 LPDDR5X-9600
Max Size 128 GB 32 GB
Channels 2 4
ECC support Yes No
Max memory bandwidth 47.68 GB 153 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 n/a
Max PCIe Lanes 20 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M5 (10-Core) the clear winner in this comparison.

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