Apple M5 (10-Core) vs AMD Ryzen 7 H 255

Compared 2 processors: Apple M5 (10-Core), vs AMD Ryzen 7 H 255. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M5 (10-Core) and AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
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 M5 (10-Core)
2569
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Apple M5 (10-Core)
16130
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M5 (10-Core)
208
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
100
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M5 (10-Core)
1183
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
923
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M5 (10-Core)
6019
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Apple M5 (10-Core)
29059
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
n/a
Integer Mathn/a97.5 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a59.7 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a88 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a42.5 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a20.6 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a349.6 MB/s
Physicsn/a1391 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a259 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
File Compression1770 MB/s1020 MB/s
Clang Compilation139.5 KLines/s99.8 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser412.4 pages/s255.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering438.2 MP/sec378.2 MP/sec
Text Processing419.8 pages/s259.2 pages/s
Background Blur79.1 frames/s61.1 frames/s
Photo Processing169.4 frames/s99.7 frames/s
Ray Tracing21.8 MP/sec21.5 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Apple M5 (10-Core)
276.45
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
221.64

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W n/a 234.6 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 532.9 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W n/a 17.1 PPW
Blender / W n/a 4.1 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Apple AMD
Announced October, 15, 2025 August, 4, 2025
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture ARMv9 x86-64
Codename n/a Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Model number T8142 n/a
Integrated GPU Apple M5 (10-core) Radeon 780M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 4 8
Threads 4 16
Frequency 4.61 GHz 3.8 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) n/a 4.9 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores6n/a
Threads6n/a
Frequency3.0 GHzn/a
General
Cores count108
Threads count1016
Bus frequencyn/a100 MHz
Multiplier46x38x
L1 cache320 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache16 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cachen/a16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count 28 billion 25 billion
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) n/a 35-54 W
Socket Apple M-Socket FP8
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max Size 32 GB 256 GB
Channels 4 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth 153 GB n/a

Other

PCIe Version n/a 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes n/a 20

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M5 (10-Core) the clear winner in this comparison.

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