Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) vs M3 Pro
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.61 GHz Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) with 18-cores against the 4.05 GHz M3 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 2 years and 4 months later
- Around 153.6 GB/s (100%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5X-9600 RAM
- Has 6 more physical cores
- 36% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4312 vs 3163 points
- More powerful Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) integrated graphics: 8.3 vs 6.4 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 and 141st place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 2530 MB/sec | 1560 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 262.5 Klines/sec | 132.6 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 738.1 pages/sec | 382.9 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 744.9 Mpixels/sec | 393.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 450.7 pages/sec | 301 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 100.3 images/sec | 61.4 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 250.8 images/sec | 144.1 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 46.5 Mpixels/sec | 19.7 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 132.7 GOps/sec | 55.9 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 186.8 GOps/sec | 64.8 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 486M Primes/sec | 240M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 85.6M Strings/sec | 35.2M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 40.8 GBytes/sec | 14.4 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 697.9 MBytes/sec | 288.5 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 5687 Frames/sec | 2060 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 33.3B Matrices/sec | 14.1B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 27.1 PPW | 35.3 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 395.4 PPW | 517.1 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 792.3 PPW | 801.5 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 7.41 PPW | 7.62 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-09-22 (CBass2288) | Cinebench 2026 | 0 / 9289 |
Apple M3 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-01-25 (Kirich) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3198 / 14601 |
| ๐ 2026-01-25 (Kirich) | Cinebench 2024 | 150 / 946 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) and M3 ProGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | Apple |
| Released | March 3, 2026 | October 30, 2023 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | ARMv8 |
| Codename | Apple M5 | Apple M3 |
| Model number | T6050 | - |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) | Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) |
| Rival Equivalent | - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) | - |
| Successor | - | - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 18 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 18 | 6 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.61 GHz | 4.05 GHz |
| E-Cores | - | 6 |
| E-Threads | - | 6 |
| Base Frequency (E) | - | 2.75 GHz |
| Total Cores | 18 | 12 |
| Total Threads | 18 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | - |
| Multiplier | 46x | 40x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 32MB (shared) | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | 28 billions | 37 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 72 W | 30 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | Apple M-Socket |
| Peak Temperature | 100ยฐC | 100ยฐC |
| Die Size | 166.85 mmยฒ | - |
Laptop processors ranking (3rd and 40th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) | Apple M3 Pro GPU (18-core) |
| GPU Base Clock | - | 500 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1620 MHz | 1380 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2560 | 2304 |
| TMUs | 160 | 144 |
| ROPs | 80 | 72 |
| Execution Units | 320 | 288 |
| TGP | 28 W | 30 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-9600 | - LPDDR5-6400 |
| Max. Memory Size | 64 GB | 36 GB |
| Memory Channels | 16 | 12 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 307.2 GB/s | 153.6 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| PCI Express Version | - | 4.0 |
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