Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.61 GHz Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) with 18-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 with 12-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
- Around 217.6 GB/s (243%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Has 6 more physical cores
- 49% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4312 vs 2891 points
- More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
- More powerful Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) integrated graphics: 8.3 vs 6.3 TFLOPS
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
- Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | - | 491 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | 9144 | 5224 |
Cinebench Scores (29th and 138th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 2530 MB/sec | 1330 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 262.5 Klines/sec | 132.1 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 738.1 pages/sec | 343.5 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 744.9 Mpixels/sec | 503.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 450.7 pages/sec | 310.1 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 100.3 images/sec | 65.2 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 250.8 images/sec | 140.5 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 46.5 Mpixels/sec | 31.3 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 132.7 GOps/sec | 130.2 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 186.8 GOps/sec | 81.3 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 486M Primes/sec | 125M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 85.6M Strings/sec | 51.6M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 40.8 GBytes/sec | 23.7 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 697.9 MBytes/sec | 484.6 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 5687 Frames/sec | 1851 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 33.3B Matrices/sec | 34.4B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 27.1 PPW | 19.8 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 395.4 PPW | 268.4 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 792.3 PPW | 685.4 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 7.41 PPW | 4.03 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) and AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470General
| Vendor | Apple | Amd |
| Released | March 3, 2026 | January 5, 2026 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M5 | Zen 5 (Gorgon Point) |
| Model number | T6050 | 470 |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) | Radeon 890M |
| Rival Equivalent | - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) | - Intel Core Ultra 9 386H |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#36th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 18 | 4 |
| P-Threads | 18 | 8 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.61 GHz | 2.0 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 5.2 GHz |
| E-Cores | - | 8 |
| E-Threads | - | 16 |
| Base Frequency (E) | - | 2.0 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | - | 3.3 GHz |
| Total Cores | 18 | 12 |
| Total Threads | 18 | 24 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 46x | 20x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 32MB (shared) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 24MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | 28 billions | - |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 4 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 72 W | 15-54 W (configurable) |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | FP8 |
| Peak Temperature | 100°C | 100°C |
| Die Size | 166.85 mm² | - |
Laptop processors ranking (3rd and 54th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) | Radeon 890M |
| GPU Base Clock | - | 400 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1620 MHz | 3100 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2560 | 1024 |
| TMUs | 160 | 64 |
| ROPs | 80 | 32 |
| Execution Units | 320 | 16 |
| TGP | 28 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-9600 | - DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5X-8533 |
| Max. Memory Size | 64 GB | 256 GB |
| Memory Channels | 16 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 307.2 GB/s | 89.6 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | - | AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 official page |
| PCI Express Version | - | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 16 |
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