Apple M4 Ultra vs Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 Ultra, vs Apple M5 Pro (15-Core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 Ultra 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 R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Ultra
2199
Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Ultra
44781
Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Ultra
n/a
Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
208
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Ultra
n/a
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
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Ultra
4062
Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Ultra
32871
Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
n/a
File Compressionn/a2370 MB/s
Clang Compilationn/a222.4 KLines/s
HTML5 Browsern/a672.6 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a667.2 MP/sec
Text Processingn/a436.8 pages/s
Background Blurn/a98.7 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a238.6 frames/s
Ray Tracingn/a39.7 MP/sec

General Info

Manufacturer Apple Apple
Announced May, 1, 2025 March, 3, 2026
Type PC use Laptop use
Architecture ARMv9 ARMv9
Codename Apple M4 Apple M5
Integrated GPU Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 24 5
Threads 24 5
Frequency 4.52 GHz 4.61 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores810
Threads810
Frequency2.89 GHz4.38 GHz
General
Cores count3215
Threads count3215
Multiplier45x46x
L1 cachen/a192 KB/core
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count n/a 28 billion
Process tech. 3 nm 3 nm
Socket Apple M-Socket Apple M-Socket
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR5X-8533 LPDDR5X-9600
Max Size 192 GB 64 GB
Channels 8 4
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 307 GB

Results

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

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