Apple M5 (10-Core) vs AMD Ryzen AI 7 450

Compared 2 processors: Apple M5 (10-Core), vs AMD Ryzen AI 7 450. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M5 (10-Core) and AMD Ryzen AI 7 450
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 AI 7 450
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Apple M5 (10-Core)
16130
AMD Ryzen AI 7 450
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M5 (10-Core)
208
AMD Ryzen AI 7 450
120
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M5 (10-Core)
1183
AMD Ryzen AI 7 450
926
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M5 (10-Core)
6019
AMD Ryzen AI 7 450
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Apple M5 (10-Core)
29059
AMD Ryzen AI 7 450
n/a
GeekBench v6
File Compression1770 MB/s1180 MB/s
Clang Compilation139.5 KLines/s97.6 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser412.4 pages/s291.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering438.2 MP/sec418.3 MP/sec
Text Processing419.8 pages/s303.8 pages/s
Background Blur79.1 frames/s67.2 frames/s
Photo Processing169.4 frames/s125.4 frames/s
Ray Tracing21.8 MP/sec23 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Apple M5 (10-Core)
276.45
AMD Ryzen AI 7 450
n/a

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W n/a 253.2 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W n/a 17.1 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Apple AMD
Announced October, 15, 2025 January, 5, 2026
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture ARMv9 x86-64
Codename n/a Zen 5 (Gorgon Point)
Model number T8142 450
Integrated GPU Apple M5 (10-core) Radeon 860M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 4 4
Threads 4 8
Frequency 4.61 GHz 2.0 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) n/a 5.1 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores64
Threads68
Frequency3.0 GHz2.0 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a3.6 GHz
General
Cores count108
Threads count1016
Bus frequencyn/a100 MHz
Multiplier46x20x
L1 cache320 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache16 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cachen/a16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count 28 billion n/a
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) n/a 15-54 W
Socket Apple M-Socket FP8
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8533
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 16

Results

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

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