Apple M5 Pro (15-Core) vs Intel Core i9 9980XE
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2026
Oct 2018
Manufacturer
Apple
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
ARMv9
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M5
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
Apple M5 Pro GPU (18-core)
N/A
Processor Number
-
i9-9980XE
Package
Transistor Count
28 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
14 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
LGA-2066
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
84°C
Power Consumption
-
165 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
5
18
Performance Core Threads
5
36
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.61 GHz
3.0 GHz
Efficiency Cores
10
-
Efficiency Core Threads
10
-
Total Core Count
15
18
Total Thread Count
15
36
Multiplier
46
30x
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
4.4 GHz
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
L1 Cache
-
64 K per core
L2 Cache
-
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
-
25 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-9600
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Bandwidth
307 GB/s
79.47 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Max Memory Size
-
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
-
4
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
-
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
-
3.0
PCIe Lanes
-
44
Extended Instruction Set
-
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,569
1,114
Cinebench R23
22,591
27,093
Geekbench 6
4,283
1,480
Geekbench 6
23,517
11,091
Cinebench 2024
208
-
Cinebench 2024
1,623
-
Geekbench 5
-
1,122
Geekbench 5
-
17,154
Blender
-
290
Passmark CPU
-
2,569
Passmark CPU
-
31,938