Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) vs Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)

Compared 2 processors: Apple A18 Pro (MacBook), vs Apple M5 Pro (15-Core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) and Apple M5 Pro (15-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 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
169
Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
208
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
702
Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
1982
PassMark
Integer Mathn/a111.7 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a158.5 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a479 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a71.8 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a34.1 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a593.7 MB/s
Physicsn/a5502 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a273 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
File Compression1050 MB/s2370 MB/s
Clang Compilation58.1 KLines/s222.4 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser201.6 pages/s672.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering214.8 MP/sec667.2 MP/sec
Text Processing318.8 pages/s436.8 pages/s
Background Blur41 frames/s98.7 frames/s
Photo Processing91.5 frames/s238.6 frames/s
Ray Tracing9.18 MP/sec39.7 MP/sec

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 922.5 PPW n/a
Cinebench 2024 / W 70.2 PPW n/a

General Info

Manufacturer Apple Apple
Announced September, 9, 2024 March, 3, 2026
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture ARMv9 ARMv9
Codename Apple M4 Apple M5
Model number APL1V07 n/a
Integrated GPU Apple A18 Pro GPU Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 2 5
Threads 2 5
Frequency 2 GHz 4.61 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.05 GHz n/a
Efficiency cores
Cores410
Threads410
Frequencyn/a4.38 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)2.42 GHzn/a
General
Cores count615
Threads count615
Multiplier40x46x
L1 cache192 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache16 KB/coren/a
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count n/a 28 billion
Process tech. 3 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 10 W n/a
Socket Custom Apple M-Socket
Critical temp. n/a 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR5x-7500 LPDDR5X-9600
Max Size 8 GB 64 GB
Channels 4 4
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth 60 GB 307 GB

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M5 Pro (15-Core) the clear winner in this comparison.

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