AMD Ryzen 7 9700X vs Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X, vs Apple M5 Pro (18-Core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X and Apple M5 Pro (18-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 9700X
2213
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
20228
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
138
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
201
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
1299
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
2053
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
4658
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
37223
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
n/a
Integer Math120.4 GOps/s132.3 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math79.1 GOps/s190.5 GOps/s
Prime Number Search191 M primes/s483 M primes/s
Random String Sort47 M strings/s86.5 M strings/s
Data Encryption21.9 GB/s36 GB/s
Data Compression438 MB/s713.3 MB/s
Physics2244 frames/s5756 frames/s
Extended Instructions353 M matrices/s342 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
3331
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
17511
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
n/a
File Compression1650 MB/s2530 MB/s
Clang Compilation140.9 KLines/s262.5 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser323.7 pages/s738.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering501 MP/sec744.9 MP/sec
Text Processing351.5 pages/s450.7 pages/s
Background Blur88.2 frames/s100.3 frames/s
Photo Processing127.3 frames/s250.8 frames/s
Ray Tracing30.6 MP/sec46.5 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
300.7
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
564.71

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 269.4 PPW n/a
PassMark CPU / W 572.7 PPW n/a
Cinebench 2024 / W 20 PPW n/a
Blender / W 4.63 PPW n/a

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Apple
Announced June, 3, 2024 March, 3, 2026
Type PC use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Apple M5
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 6
Threads 16 6
Frequency 3.8 GHz 4.61 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.5 GHz n/a
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a12
Threadsn/a12
Frequencyn/a4.38 GHz
General
Cores count818
Threads count1618
Bus frequency100 MHzn/a
Multiplier38x46x
L1 cache80 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/coren/a
L3 Cache32 MB totaln/a
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count 8.3 billion 28 billion
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W n/a
Max TDP (Boost) 142 W n/a
Socket AM5 Apple M-Socket
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5600 LPDDR5X-9600
Max Size 192 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 16
ECC support Yes No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 307 GB

Other

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

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) the clear winner in this comparison.

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