AMD Ryzen 7 260 vs Apple M5 (10-Core)

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 260, vs Apple M5 (10-Core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 260 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 7 260
1780
Apple M5 (10-Core)
2569
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
16387
Apple M5 (10-Core)
16130
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
106
Apple M5 (10-Core)
208
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
930
Apple M5 (10-Core)
1183
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
n/a
Apple M5 (10-Core)
6019
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
n/a
Apple M5 (10-Core)
29059
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
2521
Apple M5 (10-Core)
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
11816
Apple M5 (10-Core)
n/a
File Compressionn/a1770 MB/s
Clang Compilationn/a139.5 KLines/s
HTML5 Browsern/a412.4 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a438.2 MP/sec
Text Processingn/a419.8 pages/s
Background Blurn/a79.1 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a169.4 frames/s
Ray Tracingn/a21.8 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 260
n/a
Apple M5 (10-Core)
276.45

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 218.8 PPW n/a
Cinebench 2024 / W 17.2 PPW n/a

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Apple
Announced January, 7, 2025 October, 15, 2025
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Zen 4 (Hawk Point) n/a
Model number n/a T8142
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M Apple M5 (10-core)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 4
Threads 16 4
Frequency 3.8 GHz 4.61 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.1 GHz n/a
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a6
Threadsn/a6
Frequencyn/a3.0 GHz
General
Cores count810
Threads count1610
Bus frequency100 MHzn/a
Multiplier38x46x
L1 cache64 KB/core320 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core16 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB totaln/a
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count 25 billion 28 billion
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 35-54 W n/a
Socket FP8 Apple M-Socket
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - LPDDR5X-7500
- DDR5-5600
LPDDR5X-9600
Max Size 256 GB 32 GB
Channels 2 4
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 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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