Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2026
Jul 2019
Manufacturer
Apple
AMD
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
ARMv9
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M5
Zen 2
Integrated Graphics
Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
N/A
Package
Transistor Count
28 billions
3.8 billions
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
7 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
AM4
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
95 °C
Power Consumption
-
105 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
12
Performance Core Threads
6
24
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.61 GHz
3.8 GHz
Efficiency Cores
12
-
Efficiency Core Threads
12
-
Total Core Count
18
12
Total Thread Count
18
24
Multiplier
46
38x
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
4.6 GHz
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
L1 Cache
-
64 K per core
L2 Cache
-
512 K per core
L3 Cache
-
64 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-9600
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Bandwidth
307 GB/s
47.68 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Max Memory Size
-
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
-
2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
-
Shader Units
2560
-
Texture Units
160
-
Raster Operation Units
80
-
Execution Units
320
-
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,569
1,306
Cinebench R23
24,400
18,454
Geekbench 6
4,290
1,842
Geekbench 6
24,687
11,715
Cinebench 2024
209
78
Cinebench 2024
1,732
1,068
Geekbench 5
-
1,319
Geekbench 5
-
11,991
Passmark CPU
-
2,683
Passmark CPU
-
32,531