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
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
| File Compression | 1770 MB/s | 1180 MB/s |
| Clang Compilation | 139.5 KLines/s | 97.6 KLines/s |
| HTML5 Browser | 412.4 pages/s | 291.7 pages/s |
| PDF Rendering | 438.2 MP/sec | 418.3 MP/sec |
| Text Processing | 419.8 pages/s | 303.8 pages/s |
| Background Blur | 79.1 frames/s | 67.2 frames/s |
| Photo Processing | 169.4 frames/s | 125.4 frames/s |
| Ray Tracing | 21.8 MP/sec | 23 MP/sec |
Blender
Performance/Watt
| 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
| Cores | 4 | 4 |
| Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Frequency | 4.61 GHz | 2.0 GHz |
| Max Frequency (Turbo) | n/a | 5.1 GHz |
| Cores | 6 | 4 |
| Threads | 6 | 8 |
| Frequency | 3.0 GHz | 2.0 GHz |
| Max Frequency (Turbo) | n/a | 3.6 GHz |
| Cores count | 10 | 8 |
| Threads count | 10 | 16 |
| Bus frequency | n/a | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 46x | 20x |
| L1 cache | 320 KB/core | 80 KB/core |
| L2 cache | 16 KB/core | 1000 KB/core |
| L3 Cache | n/a | 16 MB total |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
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.
Survey
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