Apple M5 (10-Core) vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
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We compared two CPUs: the 4.61 GHz Apple M5 (10-Core) (laptop) with 10-cores against the 3.9 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 9600X (desktop) with 6-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
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the NanoReview Score for desktop CPU.
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M5 (10-Core)
- More powerful Apple M5 GPU (10-core) integrated graphics: 4.1 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
- Newer - released 1 year and 5 months later
- Has 4 more physical cores
- Around 64 GB/s (71%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
- 28% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4276 vs 3334 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
- Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
- Unlocked multiplier
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | - | 720 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | 4456 | 3701 |
Cinebench Scores (#44th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1790 MB/sec | 1550 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 138 Klines/sec | 102.2 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 427.3 pages/sec | 299.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 430.7 Mpixels/sec | 375.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 421.1 pages/sec | 353.7 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 78.7 images/sec | 77.1 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 156.2 images/sec | 123.4 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 21.6 Mpixels/sec | 21.6 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 56.9 GOps/sec | 89.9 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 75.6 GOps/sec | 60.2 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 301M Primes/sec | 233M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 35.6M Strings/sec | 36.1M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 17.1 GBytes/sec | 16.7 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 296.6 MBytes/sec | 343.1 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 3199 Frames/sec | 1978 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 15.1B Matrices/sec | 28.2B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 43.8 PPW | 15.9 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 661.6 PPW | 231.2 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 991.8 PPW | 462.8 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 10.22 PPW | 3.36 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M5 (10-Core)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-11-03 (DatCuteOne) | Cinebench 2026 | 0 / 4310 |
| 📘 2026-07-29 -> knotp37 | Cinebench 2026 | 0 / 3841 |
| 📘 2025-12-27 -> Rennsport | Geekbench 6 CPU | 4289 / 18011 |
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-06 (Byrno5263) | Cinebench 2026 | 720 / 3701 |
| 📘 2026-07-08 (JUANCHO) | Cinebench 2026 | 524 / 3801 |
| 📘 2026-04-16 (StarSophia) | Cinebench 2024 | 131 / 909 |
| 📘 2026-02-03 (awolution) | Cinebench 2024 | 137 / 1000 |
| 📘 2026-02-01 (Gandži) | Cinebench 2024 | 134 / 954 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M5 (10-Core) and AMD Ryzen 5 9600XGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | Amd |
| Released | October 15, 2025 | June 3, 2024 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M5 | Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) |
| Model number | T8142 | - |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M5 GPU (10-core) | Radeon 610M |
| Rival Equivalent | - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) | - Intel Core i5 14600K |
| Successor | - Apple M6 (12-Core) | - |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#33rd place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.61 GHz | 3.9 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 5.4 GHz |
| E-Cores | 6 | - |
| E-Threads | 6 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 3.0 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 10 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 10 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 46x | 39x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 22MB (shared) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | 28 billions | 8.3 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 4 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 27 W | 65 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | - | 142 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | AM5 |
| Peak Temperature | 100°C | 95°C |
| Die Size | 157.48 mm² | - |
Laptop processors ranking (#22nd place)
Desktop CPU ranking (#49th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M5 GPU (10-core) | Radeon 610M |
| GPU Base Clock | - | 400 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1620 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1280 | 128 |
| TMUs | 80 | 8 |
| ROPs | 40 | 4 |
| Execution Units | 160 | 2 |
| TGP | - | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-9600 | - DDR5-5600 |
| Max. Memory Size | 32 GB | 192 GB |
| Memory Channels | 8 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | 89.6 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | - | AMD Ryzen 5 9600X official page |
| PCI Express Version | - | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 28 |
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