Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) vs Apple M2 Ultra
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2026
May 2023
Manufacturer
Apple
Apple
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
ARMv9
ARMv8
Core Architecture
Apple M5
Apple M2
Integrated Graphics
Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
Apple M2 Max GPU (76-core)
Package
Transistor Count
28 billions
134 billions
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
5 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
Apple M-Socket
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100°C
Power Consumption
-
60 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
16
Performance Core Threads
6
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.61 GHz
3.5 GHz
Efficiency Cores
12
8
Efficiency Core Threads
12
8
Total Core Count
18
24
Total Thread Count
18
24
Multiplier
46
35x
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
2.4 GHz
L1 Cache
-
192 K per core
L2 Cache
-
64 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-9600
LPDDR5-6400
Max Memory Bandwidth
307 GB/s
800 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Max Memory Size
-
192 GB
Max Memory Channels
-
16
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
Shader Units
2560
-
Texture Units
160
-
Raster Operation Units
80
-
Execution Units
320
-
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
-
4.0
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,569
1,729
Cinebench R23
24,400
28,910
Geekbench 6
4,290
2,790
Geekbench 6
24,687
21,217
Cinebench 2024
209
126
Cinebench 2024
1,732
1,918
Geekbench 5
-
1,956
Geekbench 5
-
27,945
Blender
-
505
Passmark CPU
-
4,137
Passmark CPU
-
48,776