Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) vs M2 Pro
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.61 GHz Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) with 18-cores against the 3.5 GHz M2 Pro 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)
- Newer - released 3 years and 2 months later
- Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5X-9600 RAM
- More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 5 nanometers
- 62% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4312 vs 2666 points
- Has 6 more physical cores
- Around 102.4 GB/s (50%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- More powerful Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) integrated graphics: 8.3 vs 6.8 TFLOPS
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 | 1630 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 262.5 Klines/sec | 125.3 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 738.1 pages/sec | 356.9 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 744.9 Mpixels/sec | 352.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 450.7 pages/sec | 266.9 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 100.3 images/sec | 53.8 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 250.8 images/sec | 126.3 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 46.5 Mpixels/sec | 17 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 132.7 GOps/sec | 57.6 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 186.8 GOps/sec | 73.2 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 486M Primes/sec | 354M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 85.6M Strings/sec | 40.9M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 40.8 GBytes/sec | 15.6 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 697.9 MBytes/sec | 334.8 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 5687 Frames/sec | 3611 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 33.3B Matrices/sec | 14.7B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 27.1 PPW | 26.5 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 395.4 PPW | 483 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 792.3 PPW | 890.8 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 7.41 PPW | 6.61 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 |
Apple M2 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-04-23 (Roman) | Cinebench 2024 | 125 / 795 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) and M2 ProGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | Apple |
| Released | March 3, 2026 | January 17, 2023 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | ARMv8 |
| Codename | Apple M5 | Apple M2 |
| Model number | T6050 | - |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) | Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-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 | 3.5 GHz |
| E-Cores | - | 4 |
| E-Threads | - | 4 |
| Base Frequency (E) | - | 2.4 GHz |
| Total Cores | 18 | 12 |
| Total Threads | 18 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | - |
| Multiplier | 46x | - |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 32MB (shared) | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | 28 billions | 40 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 5 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 72 W | 30 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | Apple M-Socket |
| Peak Temperature | 100°C | 100°C |
| Die Size | 166.85 mm² | - |
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iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) | Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) |
| GPU Base Clock | - | 450 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1620 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2560 | 2432 |
| TMUs | 160 | 152 |
| ROPs | 80 | 76 |
| Execution Units | 320 | 304 |
| TGP | 28 W | 35 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-9600 | - LPDDR5-6400 |
| Max. Memory Size | 64 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory Channels | 16 | 4 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 307.2 GB/s | 204.8 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| PCI Express Version | - | 4.0 |
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