AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX vs Apple M5 (10-Core)

CPU Specs Compare

C

AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

AMD 2025-04
C

Apple M5 (10-Core)

Apple 2025-10

General Parameters

Release Date
Apr 2025
Oct 2025
Manufacturer
Amd
Apple
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
ARMv9
Core Architecture
Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
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Integrated Graphics
Radeon 610M
Apple M5 GPU
Generation
Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Dragon Range))
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Processor Number
-
Apple M5

Package

Transistor Count
13.14 billions
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Manufacturing Process
5 nm
3 nm
Socket
FL1
Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption
55 W
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Max Turbo Power Consumption
75 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
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Foundry
TSMC
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Die Size
2x71 mm²
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I/O Process Size
6 nm
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I/O Die Size
122 mm²
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Package
µFC-BGAFL1
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CPU Performance

Performance Cores
16
4
Performance Core Threads
32
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
4.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.4 GHz
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Total Core Count
16
10
Total Thread Count
32
10
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
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Multiplier
24
46
L1 Cache
64 K per core
320 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
16 MB shared
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
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Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
1
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Efficiency Cores
-
6
Efficiency Core Threads
-
6

Memory Parameters

Memory Types
DDR5-5200
LPDDR5X-9600
Max Memory Channels
2
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ECC Memory Support
No
No
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
153 GB/s

Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2200 MHz
2240 MHz
Shader Units
-
1280
Texture Units
-
80
Raster Operation Units
-
40
Execution Units
-
160

Miscellaneous

Official Website
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PCIe Version
5.0
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PCIe Lanes
28
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📊 Benchmark

Cinebench R23
2,001
2,399
Cinebench R23
34,973
15,574
Geekbench 6
2,766
4,186
Geekbench 6
16,747
16,820
Cinebench 2024
113
184
Cinebench 2024
1,719
1,071
Passmark CPU
4,035
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Passmark CPU
55,980
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Cinebench 2026
-
4,367
Cinebench 2026
-
737