Apple M5 (10-Core) vs M4 Pro (12-Core)
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.61 GHz Apple M5 (10-Core) with 10-cores against the 4.51 GHz M4 Pro (12-Core) 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 (10-Core)
- Newer - released 1 year later
- 11% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4276 vs 3864 points
Advantages of Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
- Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5X-8533 RAM
- Around 119.4 GB/s (78%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- More powerful Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core) integrated graphics: 6.5 vs 4.1 TFLOPS
- Has 2 more physical cores
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | 4456 | 5470 |
Cinebench Scores (113th and 80th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1790 MB/sec | 2120 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 138 Klines/sec | 165.8 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 427.3 pages/sec | 484.7 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 430.7 Mpixels/sec | 486.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 421.1 pages/sec | 368.5 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 78.7 images/sec | 84.2 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 156.2 images/sec | 189.3 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 21.6 Mpixels/sec | 25.9 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 56.9 GOps/sec | 70.9 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 75.6 GOps/sec | 71.5 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 301M Primes/sec | 460M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 35.6M Strings/sec | 46.4M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 17.1 GBytes/sec | 19.5 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 296.6 MBytes/sec | 409.9 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 3199 Frames/sec | 4875 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 15.1B Matrices/sec | 21.8B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 43.8 PPW | 37.4 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 661.6 PPW | 539.4 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 991.8 PPW | 860.8 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 10.22 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 |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-07-29 -> knotp37 | Cinebench 2026 | 0 / 3841 |
| π 2026-07-05 -> maheshkondraju | Geekbench 6 CPU | 4224 / 17165 |
| π 2025-12-27 -> Rennsport | Geekbench 6 CPU | 4289 / 18011 |
Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-03-07 (skibidigomgom) | Cinebench 2024 | 172 / 1421 |
| π 2025-11-21 (TommyYOyoyo) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 4066 / 21270 |
| π 2025-04-16 (Infrra) | Cinebench 2024 | 169 / 1297 |
| π 2025-02-23 (Amandeep) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3911 / 20685 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M5 (10-Core) and M4 Pro (12-Core)General
| Vendor | Apple | Apple |
| Released | October 15, 2025 | October 29, 2024 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | ARMv9 |
| Codename | Apple M5 | Apple M4 |
| Model number | T8142 | T6040 |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M5 GPU (10-core) | Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core) |
| Rival Equivalent | - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) | - |
| Successor | - | - Apple M5 Pro (15-Core) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.61 GHz | 4.51 GHz |
| E-Cores | 6 | 4 |
| E-Threads | 6 | 4 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 3.0 GHz | 2.59 GHz |
| Total Cores | 10 | 12 |
| Total Threads | 10 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 46x | 45x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 22MB (shared) | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | 28 billions | - |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 27 W | 38 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | Apple M-Socket |
| Peak Temperature | 100Β°C | 100Β°C |
| Die Size | 157.48 mmΒ² | - |
Laptop processors ranking (21st and 13th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M5 GPU (10-core) | Apple M4 Pro GPU (16-core) |
| GPU Base Clock | - | 500 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1620 MHz | 1578 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1280 | 2048 |
| TMUs | 80 | 128 |
| ROPs | 40 | 64 |
| Execution Units | 160 | 256 |
| TGP | - | 26 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-9600 | - LPDDR5X-8533 |
| Max. Memory Size | 32 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory Channels | 8 | 16 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | 273 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
Further details
Notes on M4 Pro (12-Core):
- SoC is designed using ARMv9.2-A architecture.
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