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Apple M5 (10-Core) vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470

81 out of 100
Apple M5 (10-Core)
VS
69 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
Apple M5 (10-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.61 GHz Apple M5 (10-Core) with 10-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 with 12-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

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 470 and (10-Core)
Advantages of Apple M5 (10-Core)
  • Around 64 GB/s (71%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 48% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4276 vs 2891 points
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 3 versus 4 nanometers
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • More powerful Radeon 890M integrated graphics: 6.3 vs 4.1 TFLOPS
  • Has 2 more physical cores

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M5 (10-Core)
vs
Ryzen AI 9 HX 470

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 491
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4456 5224
Cinebench Scores (113th and 138th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M5 (10-Core) +23%
17862
Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
14496
File compression 1790 MB/sec 1330 MB/sec
Clang compilation 138 Klines/sec 132.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 427.3 pages/sec 343.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 430.7 Mpixels/sec 503.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 421.1 pages/sec 310.1 pages/sec
Background blur 78.7 images/sec 65.2 images/sec
Photo processing 156.2 images/sec 140.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 21.6 Mpixels/sec 31.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M5 (10-Core)
26779
Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 +38%
37010
Integer math 56.9 GOps/sec 130.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 75.6 GOps/sec 81.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 301M Primes/sec 125M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 35.6M Strings/sec 51.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 17.1 GBytes/sec 23.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 296.6 MBytes/sec 484.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 3199 Frames/sec 1851 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.1B Matrices/sec 34.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 507 & 103 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M5 (10-Core) +27%
275.89
Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
217.38

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 43.8 PPW 19.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 661.6 PPW 268.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 991.8 PPW 685.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 10.22 PPW 4.03 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
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AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M5 (10-Core) and AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470

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 470
Integrated GPU Apple M5 GPU (10-core) Radeon 890M
Rival Equivalent - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) - Intel Core Ultra 9 386H
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#36th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 5.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 6 8
E-Threads 6 16
Base Frequency (E) 3.0 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 10 12
Total Threads 10 24
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 - 24MB (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 54th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M5 GPU (10-core) Radeon 890M
GPU Base Clock - 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 3100 MHz
Shading Units 1280 1024
TMUs 80 64
ROPs 40 32
Execution Units 160 16
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
M5 (10-Core)
4.1 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 +54%
6.3 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 890M compared to Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8533
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 9 HX 470 official page
PCI Express Version - 4.0
PCI Express Lanes - 16

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Comments

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