Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) vs Intel Core i9 10900X
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2026
Oct 2019
Manufacturer
Apple
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
ARMv9
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M5
Cascade Lake
Integrated Graphics
Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
N/A
Processor Number
-
i9-10900X
Package
Transistor Count
28 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
14 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
LGA-2066
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
94 °C
Power Consumption
-
165 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
10
Performance Core Threads
6
20
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.61 GHz
3.7 GHz
Efficiency Cores
12
-
Efficiency Core Threads
12
-
Total Core Count
18
10
Total Thread Count
18
20
Multiplier
46
37x
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
4.5 GHz
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
L1 Cache
-
64 K per core
L2 Cache
-
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
-
20 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-9600
DDR4-2933
Max Memory Bandwidth
307 GB/s
93.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Max Memory Size
-
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
-
4
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
-
Shader Units
2560
-
Texture Units
160
-
Raster Operation Units
80
-
Execution Units
320
-
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
-
3.0
PCIe Lanes
-
48
Extended Instruction Set
-
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,569
1,145
Cinebench R23
24,400
14,312
Geekbench 6
4,290
1,566
Geekbench 6
24,687
9,308
Cinebench 2024
209
-
Cinebench 2024
1,732
-
Geekbench 5
-
1,133
Geekbench 5
-
10,786
Passmark CPU
-
2,664
Passmark CPU
-
22,469