AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs Apple M5 (10-Core)

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, vs Apple M5 (10-Core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 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 7800X3D
1785
Apple M5 (10-Core)
2569
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
18193
Apple M5 (10-Core)
16130
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
110
Apple M5 (10-Core)
208
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
1047
Apple M5 (10-Core)
1183
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
3756
Apple M5 (10-Core)
6019
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
34271
Apple M5 (10-Core)
29059
Integer Math103.8 GOps/sn/a
Floating-Point Math61.5 GOps/sn/a
Prime Number Search325 M primes/sn/a
Random String Sort44.8 M strings/sn/a
Data Encryption22.4 GB/sn/a
Data Compression384.6 MB/sn/a
Physics3527 frames/sn/a
Extended Instructions291 M matrices/sn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
2657
Apple M5 (10-Core)
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
15319
Apple M5 (10-Core)
n/a
File Compression1710 MB/s1770 MB/s
Clang Compilation111.9 KLines/s139.5 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser331.1 pages/s412.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering399 MP/sec438.2 MP/sec
Text Processing266.2 pages/s419.8 pages/s
Background Blur65.8 frames/s79.1 frames/s
Photo Processing117 frames/s169.4 frames/s
Ray Tracing22.9 MP/sec21.8 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
266.61
Apple M5 (10-Core)
276.45

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 127.7 PPW n/a
PassMark CPU / W 285.6 PPW n/a
Cinebench 2024 / W 8.7 PPW n/a
Blender / W 2.22 PPW n/a

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Apple
Announced January, 4, 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 Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) Apple M5 (10-core)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 4
Threads 16 4
Frequency 4.2 GHz 4.61 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5 GHz n/a
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a6
Threadsn/a6
Frequencyn/a3.0 GHz
General
Cores count810
Threads count1610
Bus frequency100 MHzn/a
Multiplier42x46x
L1 cache64 KB/core320 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core16 KB/core
L3 Cache96 MB totaln/a
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count 11.2 billion 28 billion
Process tech. 5 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 120 W n/a
Max TDP (Boost) 162 W n/a
Socket AM5 Apple M-Socket
Critical temp. 89 °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

Note

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D:

ECC requires mobo support.

Results

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

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