Apple M3 Pro vs Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
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Compared 2 processors: Apple M3 Pro, vs Apple M5 Pro (15-Core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Review
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
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonBenchmarks
| Integer Math | 56.4 GOps/s | 111.7 GOps/s |
| Floating-Point Math | 65.4 GOps/s | 158.5 GOps/s |
| Prime Number Search | 243 M primes/s | 479 M primes/s |
| Random String Sort | 35.8 M strings/s | 71.8 M strings/s |
| Data Encryption | 14.7 GB/s | 34.1 GB/s |
| Data Compression | 295.1 MB/s | 593.7 MB/s |
| Physics | 2076 frames/s | 5502 frames/s |
| Extended Instructions | 142 M matrices/s | 273 M matrices/s |
| File Compression | 1550 MB/s | 2370 MB/s |
| Clang Compilation | 124.1 KLines/s | 222.4 KLines/s |
| HTML5 Browser | 363.6 pages/s | 672.6 pages/s |
| PDF Rendering | 390.6 MP/sec | 667.2 MP/sec |
| Text Processing | 304.6 pages/s | 436.8 pages/s |
| Background Blur | 59.9 frames/s | 98.7 frames/s |
| Photo Processing | 142 frames/s | 238.6 frames/s |
| Ray Tracing | 18.4 MP/sec | 39.7 MP/sec |
Blender
Performance/Watt
| Geekbench 6 Multi / W | 502.3 PPW | n/a |
| PassMark CPU / W | 813.5 PPW | n/a |
| Cinebench 2024 / W | 35.3 PPW | n/a |
| Blender / W | 7.62 PPW | n/a |
General Info
| Manufacturer | Apple | Apple |
| Announced | October, 30, 2023 | March, 3, 2026 |
| Type | Laptop use | Laptop use |
| Architecture | ARMv8 | ARMv9 |
| Codename | Apple M3 | Apple M5 |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) | Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core) |
Processor
| Cores | 6 | 5 |
| Threads | 6 | 5 |
| Frequency | 4.05 GHz | 4.61 GHz |
| Cores | 6 | 10 |
| Threads | 6 | 10 |
| Frequency | 2.75 GHz | 4.38 GHz |
| Cores count | 12 | 15 |
| Threads count | 12 | 15 |
| Multiplier | 40x | 46x |
| L1 cache | 192 KB/core | 192 KB/core |
| L2 cache | 16 KB/core | n/a |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistor count | 37 billion | 28 billion |
| Process tech. | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| Power (TDP) | 30 W | n/a |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | Apple M-Socket |
| Critical temp. | 100 °C | 100 °C |
Memory Support
| Memory Type | LPDDR5-6400 | LPDDR5X-9600 |
| Max Size | 36 GB | 64 GB |
| Channels | 3 | 4 |
| ECC support | No | No |
| Max memory bandwidth | 153.6 GB | 307 GB |
Other
| PCIe Version | 4.0 | n/a |
Results
After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M5 Pro (15-Core) the clear winner in this comparison.
Survey
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