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Apple M5 (8-сore GPU) vs A18 Pro (MacBook)

81 out of 100
Apple M5 (8-сore GPU)
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66 out of 100
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
Apple M5 (8-сore GPU)
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.61 GHz Apple M5 (8-сore GPU) with 10-cores against the 2 GHz A18 Pro (MacBook) with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments (2)

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between (MacBook) and GPU)
Advantages of Apple M5 (8-сore GPU)
  • Supports up to 32 GB LPDDR5X-9600 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year and 6 months later
  • Around 93.6 GB/s (156%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • More powerful Apple M5 GPU (8-core) integrated graphics: 3.3 vs 2.3 TFLOPS
  • 16% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4186 vs 3615 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M5 (8-сore GPU)
vs
A18 Pro (MacBook)

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#119th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression - 1050 MB/sec
Clang compilation - 58.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 201.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 214.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing - 318.8 pages/sec
Background blur - 41 images/sec
Photo processing - 91.5 images/sec
Ray tracing - 9.18 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math - 37.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math - 25.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers - 132M Primes/sec
Random string sorting - 17.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption - 8 GBytes/sec
Data compression - 133.5 MBytes/sec
Physics - 1380 Frames/sec
Extended instructions - 6.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3] – 962 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 42.6 PPW 70.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 634.1 PPW 922.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt - 1281.2 PPW
Blender / Watt - 7.1 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple M5 (8-сore GPU)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-03 (Mahesh Kondraju)Geekbench 6 CPU4224 / 17165
📘 2026-05-02 -> fedwimGeekbench 6 CPU4120 / 15800
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Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-03 -> RennsportGeekbench 6 CPU3505 / 8840
📘 2026-04-24 -> RennsportGeekbench 6 CPU3505 / 8840
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M5 (8-сore GPU) and A18 Pro (MacBook)

General

Vendor Apple Apple
Released March 3, 2026 September 9, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv9
Codename Apple M5 Apple M4
Model number T8142 APL1V07
Integrated GPU Apple M5 GPU (8-core) Apple A18 Pro GPU

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 2
P-Threads 4 2
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.05 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 6 4
E-Threads 6 4
Base Frequency (E) 3.0 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 2.42 GHz
Total
Total Cores 10 6
Total Threads 10 6
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 46x 40x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 22MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 28 billions -
Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 27 W 10 W
Socket Apple M-Socket Custom
Peak Temperature 100°C -
Die Size 157.48 mm² -
Laptop processors ranking (20th and 70th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M5 GPU (8-core) Apple A18 Pro GPU
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1490 MHz
Shading Units 1024 768
TMUs 64 40
ROPs 32 -
Execution Units 128 128
iGPU FLOPS
M5 (8-сore GPU) +43%
3.3 TFLOPS
A18 Pro (MacBook)
2.3 TFLOPS
More info: Apple A18 Pro GPU compared to M5 GPU (8-Core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - LPDDR5x-7500
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 8 GB
Memory Channels 8 4
Max. Memory Bandwidth 153.6 GB/s 60 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

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33 (76.7%)
10 (23.3%)
Total votes: 43

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) or M5 (8-сore GPU)?
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ComputerNerd March 6, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Who are the drug addicts voting for the A18 Pro CPU? It is worse beyond the single core CPU performance. Worse multi-core, worse iGPU performance, and worse memory bandwidth.
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Ilias April 13, 2026 at 04:23 PM
I voted the a18 pro just for the trolls
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