AMD Ryzen 5 7500F vs Apple M5 (10-Core)

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 7500F, vs Apple M5 (10-Core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 7500F 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 7500F
1819
Apple M5 (10-Core)
2569
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
13809
Apple M5 (10-Core)
16130
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
114
Apple M5 (10-Core)
208
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
847
Apple M5 (10-Core)
1183
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
3843
Apple M5 (10-Core)
6019
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
26844
Apple M5 (10-Core)
29059
Integer Math79.3 GOps/sn/a
Floating-Point Math47.2 GOps/sn/a
Prime Number Search200 M primes/sn/a
Random String Sort36 M strings/sn/a
Data Encryption17.5 GB/sn/a
Data Compression306.6 MB/sn/a
Physics1795 frames/sn/a
Extended Instructions228 M matrices/sn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
2766
Apple M5 (10-Core)
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
13306
Apple M5 (10-Core)
n/a
File Compression1530 MB/s1770 MB/s
Clang Compilation95 KLines/s139.5 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser300.3 pages/s412.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering348.4 MP/sec438.2 MP/sec
Text Processing295.5 pages/s419.8 pages/s
Background Blur43.4 frames/s79.1 frames/s
Photo Processing108.3 frames/s169.4 frames/s
Ray Tracing20.4 MP/sec21.8 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
202.93
Apple M5 (10-Core)
276.45

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 204.7 PPW n/a
PassMark CPU / W 413 PPW n/a
Cinebench 2024 / W 13 PPW n/a
Blender / W 3.12 PPW n/a

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Apple
Announced July, 23, 2023 October, 15, 2025
Type PC use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Zen 4 (Raphael) 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) 5 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 cache1000 KB/core16 KB/core
L3 Cache32 MB totaln/a
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count 6.5 billion 28 billion
Process tech. 5 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W n/a
Socket AM5 Apple M-Socket
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5200 LPDDR5X-9600
Max Size 128 GB 32 GB
Channels 2 4
ECC support Yes No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 153 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 n/a
Max PCIe Lanes 28 n/a

Results

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

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