Apple M5 Pro (15-Core) vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2026
Jan 2019
Manufacturer
Apple
AMD
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
ARMv9
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M5
Picasso
Integrated Graphics
Apple M5 Pro GPU (18-core)
Radeon Vega 8
Package
Transistor Count
28 billions
4.9 billions
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
12 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
FP5
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
105 °C
Power Consumption
-
12-35 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
5
4
Performance Core Threads
5
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.61 GHz
2.1 GHz
Efficiency Cores
10
-
Efficiency Core Threads
10
-
Total Core Count
15
4
Total Thread Count
15
8
Multiplier
46
21x
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
3.7 GHz
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
L1 Cache
-
96 K per core
L2 Cache
-
512 K per core
L3 Cache
-
4 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-9600
DDR4-2400
Max Memory Bandwidth
307 GB/s
35.76 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Max Memory Size
-
32 GB
Max Memory Channels
-
2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
-
300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
1200 MHz
Shader Units
-
512
Texture Units
-
32
Raster Operation Units
-
8
Execution Units
-
8
Power Consumption
-
65 W
Max Resolution
-
3840x2160 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,569
765
Cinebench R23
22,591
2,752
Geekbench 6
4,283
920
Geekbench 6
23,517
2,547
Cinebench 2024
208
-
Cinebench 2024
1,623
-
Geekbench 5
-
550
Geekbench 5
-
2,859
Blender
-
49
Passmark CPU
-
1,954
Passmark CPU
-
6,987