Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) vs AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 480
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.61 GHz Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) with 18-cores against the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 480 with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Please note that the tests on the Ryzen AI Max PRO 480 are done on an engineering sample provided by our insiders. The data will be more accurate after the final version of this CPU is available.
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
- Has 10 more physical cores
- More powerful Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) integrated graphics: 8.3 vs 5.7 TFLOPS
- 54% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4312 vs 2799 points
- More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
- Around 51.2 GB/s (20%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 480
- Newer - released 6 months later
- Supports up to 192 GB LPDDR5X-8533 RAM
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | 9144 | - |
Cinebench Scores (#29th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 2530 MB/sec | - |
| Clang compilation | 262.5 Klines/sec | - |
| HTML 5 Browser | 738.1 pages/sec | - |
| PDF Renderer | 744.9 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Text processing | 450.7 pages/sec | - |
| Background blur | 100.3 images/sec | - |
| Photo processing | 250.8 images/sec | - |
| Ray tracing | 46.5 Mpixels/sec | - |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 132.7 GOps/sec | - |
| Floating point math | 186.8 GOps/sec | - |
| Find prime numbers | 486M Primes/sec | - |
| Random string sorting | 85.6M Strings/sec | - |
| Data encryption | 40.8 GBytes/sec | - |
| Data compression | 697.9 MBytes/sec | - |
| Physics | 5687 Frames/sec | - |
| Extended instructions | 33.3B Matrices/sec | - |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 27.1 PPW | - |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 395.4 PPW | 285.5 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 792.3 PPW | - |
| Blender / Watt | 7.41 PPW | - |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-22 (CBass2288) | Cinebench 2026 | 0 / 9289 |
AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 480
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) and AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 480General
| Vendor | Apple | Amd |
| Released | March 3, 2026 | September 5, 2026 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M5 | - |
| Model number | T6050 | PRO 480 |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) | Radeon 8040S |
| Rival Equivalent | - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) | - |
CPU
| P-Cores | 18 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 18 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.61 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 4.9 GHz |
| Total Cores | 18 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 18 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 46x | 36x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 32MB (shared) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | 28 billions | - |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 4 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 72 W | 45-55 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | - | 120 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | FP11 |
| Peak Temperature | 100°C | 100°C |
| Die Size | 166.85 mm² | - |
Laptop processors ranking (#3rd place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) | Radeon 8040S |
| GPU Base Clock | - | 1295 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1620 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2560 | 1024 |
| TMUs | 160 | 64 |
| ROPs | 80 | 32 |
| Execution Units | 320 | 16 |
| TGP | 28 W | 55 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-9600 | - LPDDR5X-8533 |
| Max. Memory Size | 64 GB | 192 GB |
| Memory Channels | 16 | 4 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 307.2 GB/s | 256 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| PCI Express Version | - | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 16 |
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