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Apple M5 (10-Core) vs Apple M1

81 out of 100
Apple M5 (10-Core)
VS
53 out of 100
Apple M1
Apple M5 (10-Core)
Apple M1

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.61 GHz Apple M5 (10-Core) with 10-cores against the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 with 8-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 M1 and (10-Core)
Advantages of Apple M5 (10-Core)
  • Newer - released 5 years later
  • Around 85.35 GB/s (125%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Supports up to 32 GB LPDDR5X-9600 RAM
  • 77% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4276 vs 2410 points
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 5 nanometers
  • More powerful Apple M5 GPU (10-core) integrated graphics: 4.1 vs 2.6 TFLOPS
  • Has 2 more physical cores

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M5 (10-Core)
vs
Apple M1

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M5 (10-Core) +89%
208
Apple M1
110
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M5 (10-Core) +125%
1183
Apple M1
525
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4456 -
Cinebench Scores (#113th 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)
M5 (10-Core) +77%
4276
Apple M1
2410
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M5 (10-Core) +109%
17862
Apple M1
8547
File compression 1790 MB/sec 941 MB/sec
Clang compilation 138 Klines/sec 68.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 427.3 pages/sec 192.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 430.7 Mpixels/sec 211.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 421.1 pages/sec 250.8 pages/sec
Background blur 78.7 images/sec 34.1 images/sec
Photo processing 156.2 images/sec 60.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 21.6 Mpixels/sec 9.74 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 760 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M5 (10-Core) +57%
5762
Apple M1
3673
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M5 (10-Core) +90%
26779
Apple M1
14123
Integer math 56.9 GOps/sec 33.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 75.6 GOps/sec 35.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 301M Primes/sec 141M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 35.6M Strings/sec 21M Strings/sec
Data encryption 17.1 GBytes/sec 8.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 296.6 MBytes/sec 168 MBytes/sec
Physics 3199 Frames/sec 1359 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.1B Matrices/sec 7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 507 & 10702 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M5 (10-Core) +190%
275.89
Apple M1
95.27

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 43.8 PPW 37.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 661.6 PPW 610.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 991.8 PPW 1008.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 10.22 PPW 6.81 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
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-29 -> knotp37Cinebench 20260 / 3841
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-05 -> maheshkondrajuGeekbench 6 CPU4224 / 17165
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-27 -> RennsportGeekbench 6 CPU4289 / 18011
Add View all (3)
Apple M1
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-24 -> op1Geekbench 6 CPU2420 / 8793
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-06 (gaR)Geekbench 6 CPU2396 / 8763
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Ario)Geekbench 6 CPU2395 / 8820
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Ario)Cinebench 2024110 / 465
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-17 (Qianhe)Cinebench 2024110 / 525
Add View all (7)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M5 (10-Core) and Apple M1

General

Vendor Apple Apple
Released October 15, 2025 November 20, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv8
Codename Apple M5 Apple M1
Model number T8142 -
Integrated GPU Apple M5 GPU (10-core) Apple M1 GPU
Rival Equivalent - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) -
Successor - - Apple M5 (10-Core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 3.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 6 4
E-Threads 6 4
Base Frequency (E) 3.0 GHz 2.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 10 8
Total Threads 10 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 46x -
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 22MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 28 billions 16 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 27 W 14 W
Socket Apple M-Socket Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C -
Die Size 157.48 mmΒ² -
Laptop processors ranking (21st and 173rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M5 GPU (10-core) Apple M1 GPU
GPU Base Clock - 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1278 MHz
Shading Units 1280 1024
TMUs 80 64
ROPs 40 32
Execution Units 160 128
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
M5 (10-Core) +58%
4.1 TFLOPS
Apple M1
2.6 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M1 GPU (8-core) compared to M5 GPU (10-Core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - LPDDR4X-4266
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 16 GB
Memory Channels 8 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 153.6 GB/s 68.25 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

PCI Express Version - 4.0

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Comments

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