AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D vs Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D, vs Apple M5 Pro (18-Core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D 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 9 9955HX3D
2171
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
37283
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
129
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
201
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
2094
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
2053
PassMark
Integer Mathn/a132.3 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a190.5 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a483 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a86.5 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a36 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a713.3 MB/s
Physicsn/a5756 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a342 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
3165
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
19858
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
n/a
File Compressionn/a2530 MB/s
Clang Compilationn/a262.5 KLines/s
HTML5 Browsern/a738.1 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a744.9 MP/sec
Text Processingn/a450.7 pages/s
Background Blurn/a100.3 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a250.8 frames/s
Ray Tracingn/a46.5 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
n/a
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
564.71

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 264.8 PPW n/a
Cinebench 2024 / W 27.9 PPW n/a

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Apple
Announced January, 7, 2025 March, 3, 2026
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Zen 5 (Fire Range) Apple M5
Model number 9955HX3D n/a
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 16 6
Threads 32 6
Frequency 2.5 GHz 4.61 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.4 GHz n/a
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a12
Threadsn/a12
Frequencyn/a4.38 GHz
General
Cores count1618
Threads count3218
Bus frequency100 MHzn/a
Multiplier25x46x
L1 cache80 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/coren/a
L3 Cache128 MB totaln/a
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count n/a 28 billion
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 55-75 W n/a
Max TDP (Boost) 100 W n/a
Socket FL1 Apple M-Socket
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5600 LPDDR5X-9600
Max Size 96 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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