Apple M6 (12-Core) vs M5 Pro (18-Core)
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.79 GHz Apple M6 (12-Core) with 12-cores against the 4.61 GHz M5 Pro (18-Core) with 18-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 M6 (12-Core)
- Newer - released 6 months later
- More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 3 nanometers
Advantages of Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
- Supports up to 64 GB LPDDR5X-9600 RAM
- Around 137.2 GB/s (81%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- More powerful Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) integrated graphics: 8.3 vs 4.9 TFLOPS
- Has 6 more physical cores
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 9144 |
Cinebench Scores (91st and 29th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | - | 2530 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | - | 262.5 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | - | 738.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | - | 744.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | - | 450.7 pages/sec |
| Background blur | - | 100.3 images/sec |
| Photo processing | - | 250.8 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | - | 46.5 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | - | 132.7 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | - | 186.8 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | - | 486M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | - | 85.6M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | - | 40.8 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | - | 697.9 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | - | 5687 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | - | 33.3B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | - | 27.1 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | - | 395.4 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | - | 792.3 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | - | 7.41 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M6 (12-Core)
No benchmark results yet
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-22 (CBass2288) | Cinebench 2026 | 0 / 9289 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M6 (12-Core) and M5 Pro (18-Core)General
| Vendor | Apple | Apple |
| Released | August 25, 2026 | March 3, 2026 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | ARMv9 |
| Codename | Apple M6 | Apple M5 |
| Model number | T8152 | T6050 |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M6 GPU (12-core) | Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 18 |
| P-Threads | 6 | 18 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.79 GHz | 4.61 GHz |
| E-Cores | 6 | - |
| E-Threads | 6 | - |
| Total Cores | 12 | 18 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 18 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 47x | 46x |
| L1 Cache | 256K (per core) | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 8MB (shared) | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | - | 28 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 2 nm | 3 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | - | 72 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | Apple M-Socket |
| Peak Temperature | - | 100°C |
| Die Size | - | 166.85 mm² |
Laptop processors ranking (10th and 3rd place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M6 GPU (12-core) | Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1600 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1536 | 2560 |
| TMUs | 96 | 160 |
| ROPs | 80 | 80 |
| Execution Units | 192 | 320 |
| TGP | - | 28 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-10667 | - LPDDR5X-9600 |
| Max. Memory Size | 32 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory Channels | 8 | 16 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 170 GB/s | 307.2 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
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