Apple M5 (10-Core) vs AMD Ryzen AI 7 445

81 out of 100
Apple M5 (10-Core)
VS
56 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 7 445

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.61 GHz Apple M5 (10-Core) with 10-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 7 445 with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 445 and (10-Core)
Advantages of Apple M5 (10-Core)
  • More powerful Apple M5 GPU (10-core) integrated graphics: 4.1 vs 1.5 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Around 64 GB/s (71%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 62% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4276 vs 2640 points
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 3 versus 4 nanometers
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 7 445
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4456 -
Cinebench Scores (#113th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
4276
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
17862
File compression 1790 MB/sec 1040 MB/sec
Clang compilation 138 Klines/sec 76.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 427.3 pages/sec 248.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 430.7 Mpixels/sec 319.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 421.1 pages/sec 309.8 pages/sec
Background blur 78.7 images/sec 55.3 images/sec
Photo processing 156.2 images/sec 103.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 21.6 Mpixels/sec 17.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
5762
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
26779
Integer math 56.9 GOps/sec 58.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 75.6 GOps/sec 39.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 301M Primes/sec 55M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 35.6M Strings/sec 23.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 17.1 GBytes/sec 10.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 296.6 MBytes/sec 215.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 3199 Frames/sec 972 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.1B Matrices/sec 15.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 507 & 55 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M5 (10-Core) +108%
275.89

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 43.8 PPW 12.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 661.6 PPW 187.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 991.8 PPW 335.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 10.22 PPW 2.46 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple M5 (10-Core)
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-29 -> knotp37Cinebench 20260 / 3841
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-05 -> maheshkondrajuGeekbench 6 CPU4224 / 17165
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-27 -> RennsportGeekbench 6 CPU4289 / 18011
AMD Ryzen AI 7 445
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M5 (10-Core) and AMD Ryzen AI 7 445

General

Vendor Apple Amd
Released October 15, 2025 January 5, 2026
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Apple M5 Zen 5 (Gorgon Point)
Model number T8142 445
Integrated GPU Apple M5 GPU (10-core) Radeon 840M
Rival Equivalent - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) - Intel Core Ultra 5 338H
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#83rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 3
P-Threads 4 6
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.6 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 6 3
E-Threads 6 6
Base Frequency (E) 3.0 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 10 6
Total Threads 10 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 46x 20x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 22MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache - 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 28 billions -
Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 27 W 15-54 W (configurable)
Socket Apple M-Socket FP8
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC
Die Size 157.48 mmยฒ -
Laptop processors ranking (21st and 135th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M5 GPU (10-core) Radeon 840M
GPU Base Clock - 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 2900 MHz
Shading Units 1280 256
TMUs 80 16
ROPs 40 8
Execution Units 160 4
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
M5 (10-Core) +173%
4.1 TFLOPS
1.5 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8000
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 8 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 153.6 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen AI 7 445 official page
PCI Express Version - 4.0
PCI Express Lanes - 14

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