Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) vs M1 Pro
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.61 GHz Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) with 18-cores against the 3.2 GHz M1 Pro with 10-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)
- Newer - released 4 years and 5 months later
- Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5X-9600 RAM
- 85% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4312 vs 2328 points
- Has 8 more physical cores
- More modern manufacturing process β 3 versus 5 nanometers
- More powerful Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) integrated graphics: 8.3 vs 5.3 TFLOPS
- Around 102.4 GB/s (50%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | - | 444 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | 9144 | 3334 |
Cinebench Scores (#29th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 2530 MB/sec | 1230 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 262.5 Klines/sec | 82.4 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 738.1 pages/sec | 249.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 744.9 Mpixels/sec | 271.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 450.7 pages/sec | 246.4 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 100.3 images/sec | 36.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 250.8 images/sec | 102.5 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 46.5 Mpixels/sec | 10.7 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 132.7 GOps/sec | 45.6 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 186.8 GOps/sec | 64 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 486M Primes/sec | 272M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 85.6M Strings/sec | 32.5M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 40.8 GBytes/sec | 12.2 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 697.9 MBytes/sec | 272.2 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 5687 Frames/sec | 2696 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 33.3B Matrices/sec | 12.6B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 27.1 PPW | 26.5 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 395.4 PPW | 343.5 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 792.3 PPW | 731.1 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 7.41 PPW | 6.23 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 |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-22 (CBass2288) | Cinebench 2026 | 0 / 9289 |
Apple M1 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-03-27 (bbffx) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2450 / 12944 |
| π 2026-03-27 (bbffx) | Cinebench 2026 | 444 / 3334 |
| π 2026-03-27 (bbffx) | Cinebench 2024 | 115 / 857 |
| π 2025-02-23 (anon121434) | Cinebench 2024 | 99 / 682 |
| π 2025-02-19 (serhii) | Cinebench 2024 | 109 / 796 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) and M1 ProGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | Apple |
| Released | March 3, 2026 | October 18, 2021 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | ARMv8 |
| Codename | Apple M5 | Apple M1 |
| Model number | T6050 | - |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) | Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) |
| Rival Equivalent | - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) | - |
| Successor | - | - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 18 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 18 | 8 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.61 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| E-Cores | - | 2 |
| E-Threads | - | 2 |
| Base Frequency (E) | - | 2.1 GHz |
| Total Cores | 18 | 10 |
| Total Threads | 18 | 10 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | - |
| Multiplier | 46x | - |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 32MB (shared) | 24MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | 28 billions | 33.7 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 5 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 72 W | 30 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | Apple M-Socket |
| Peak Temperature | 100Β°C | - |
| Die Size | 166.85 mmΒ² | - |
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iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) | Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) |
| GPU Base Clock | - | 450 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1620 MHz | 1296 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2560 | 2048 |
| TMUs | 160 | 128 |
| ROPs | 80 | 64 |
| Execution Units | 320 | 256 |
| TGP | 28 W | 30 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-9600 | - LPDDR5-6400 |
| Max. Memory Size | 64 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory Channels | 16 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 307.2 GB/s | 204.8 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
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