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Apple M5 (8-сore GPU) vs Apple M2

81 out of 100
Apple M5 (8-сore GPU)
VS
57 out of 100
Apple M2
Apple M5 (8-сore GPU)
Apple M2

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.61 GHz Apple M5 (8-сore GPU) with 10-cores against the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 with 8-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

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 M2 and GPU)
Advantages of Apple M5 (8-сore GPU)
  • Newer - released 3 years and 9 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 5 nanometers
  • 62% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4186 vs 2589 points
  • Around 51.2 GB/s (50%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Supports up to 32 GB LPDDR5X-9600 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M5 (8-сore GPU)
vs
Apple M2

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M5 (8-сore GPU) +65%
206
Apple M2
125
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M5 (8-сore GPU) +98%
1150
Apple M2
582
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)
M5 (8-сore GPU) +62%
4186
Apple M2
2589
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M5 (8-сore GPU) +69%
17120
Apple M2
10122
File compression - 1130 MB/sec
Clang compilation - 80.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 235.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 266.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing - 257.4 pages/sec
Background blur - 42.1 images/sec
Photo processing - 107 images/sec
Ray tracing - 10.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 465 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math - 37 GOps/sec
Floating point math - 37.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers - 174M Primes/sec
Random string sorting - 23.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption - 9.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression - 185.8 MBytes/sec
Physics - 1667 Frames/sec
Extended instructions - 7.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3] – 4611 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 32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 634.1 PPW 562.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt - 869.5 PPW
Blender / Watt - 6.07 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 M2
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-03-14 (T)Geekbench 6 CPU2647 / 10245
📘 2026-01-05 (AR)Geekbench 6 CPU2655 / 10211
📘 2025-10-24 (Shivam)Geekbench 6 CPU2619 / 9900
Add View all (3)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M5 (8-сore GPU) and Apple M2

General

Vendor Apple Apple
Released March 3, 2026 June 6, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv8
Codename Apple M5 Apple M2
Model number T8142 -
Integrated GPU Apple M5 GPU (8-core) Apple M2 GPU
Successor - - Apple M5 (10-Core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 3.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 6 4
E-Threads 6 4
Base Frequency (E) 3.0 GHz 2.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 10 8
Total Threads 10 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 46x -
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 22MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 28 billions 20 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 27 W 18 W
Socket Apple M-Socket Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100°C -
Die Size 157.48 mm² -
Laptop processors ranking (20th and 133rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M5 GPU (8-core) Apple M2 GPU
GPU Base Clock - 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1398 MHz
Shading Units 1024 1024
TMUs 64 64
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units 128 128
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
M5 (8-сore GPU) +14%
3.3 TFLOPS
Apple M2
2.9 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M2 GPU (8-core) compared to M5 GPU (8-Core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 24 GB
Memory Channels 8 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 153.6 GB/s 102.4 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

PCI Express Version - 4.0

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Total votes: 7

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Comments

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