AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
[ VERDICT ]
Winner: Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) (97/100)
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (39/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.
Why choose Apple M5 Pro (18-Core):
- + Higher Efficiency score (98 vs 53)
- + Higher Performance score (100 vs 47)
Benchmark Performance Comparison
Normalized Lab Scores| Benchmark | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Efficiency | 53.0 Below Average | 98.0 Excellent WINNER |
| Performance | 47.0 Poor | 100.0 Excellent WINNER |
Detailed Technical Specifications
CPU
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.6 GHz | 4.61 GHz |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | — |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | — |
| L3 Cache | 32MB (shared) | — |
| Multiplier | 36x | 46x |
| P-Cores | 6 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 12 | 6 |
| Total Cores | 6 | 18 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 18 |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.2 GHz | — |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | No |
| Base Frequency (E) | — | 4.38 GHz |
| E-Cores | — | 12 |
| E-Threads | — | 12 |
Cinebench
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | 2039 | — |
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | 388 | — |
GeekBench v6
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Background blur | 37 images/sec | 100.3 images/sec |
| Clang compilation | 59 Klines/sec | 262.5 Klines/sec |
| File compression | 660.6 MB/sec | 2530 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 146 pages/sec | 738.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 207.8 Mpixels/sec | 744.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Photo processing | 54.2 images/sec | 250.8 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 12.9 Mpixels/sec | 46.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 143.3 pages/sec | 450.7 pages/sec |
General
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Codename | Zen 2 (Matisse) | Apple M5 |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | ARMv9 |
| Integrated GPU | No | Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) |
| Released | July 7, 2019 | March 3, 2026 |
| Successor | -AMD Ryzen 5 7600 | — |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
| Vendor | Amd | Apple |
Memory Support
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| ECC Support | Yes | No |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 47.68 GB/s | 307 GB/s |
| Max. Memory Size | 128 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 16 |
| Memory Types | - DDR4-3200 | - LPDDR5X-9600 |
Misc
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Official Site | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 official page | — |
| PCI Express Lanes | 16 | — |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | — |
| Technologies | - Compute: BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP | — |
Package
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Fabrication Process | 7 nm | 3 nm |
| Peak Temperature | 95°C | 100°C |
| Socket | AM4 | Apple M-Socket |
| TDP (PL1) | 65 W | — |
| Transistors | 3.8 billions | 28 billions |
PassMark
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Data compression | 219.6 MBytes/sec | 697.9 MBytes/sec |
| Data encryption | 13.9 GBytes/sec | 40.8 GBytes/sec |
| Extended instructions | 14.4B Matrices/sec | 33.3B Matrices/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 109M Primes/sec | 486M Primes/sec |
| Floating point math | 28.6 GOps/sec | 186.8 GOps/sec |
| Integer math | 48.5 GOps/sec | 132.7 GOps/sec |
| Physics | 1146 Frames/sec | 5687 Frames/sec |
| Random string sorting | 23.6M Strings/sec | 85.6M Strings/sec |
Performance Per Watt
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Blender / Watt | 2.09 PPW | — |
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 7.9 PPW | — |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 111.5 PPW | — |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 271.8 PPW | — |
Recent User Tests
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Date | Benchmark | — |
| 📘 2025-09-03(anonymous) | Cinebench 2024 | — |
| 📘 2025-09-05(Mousecop) | Cinebench 2024 | — |
| 📘 2025-10-14(Merky) | Cinebench 2024 | — |
| 📘 2025-10-17(RandomStorm) | Cinebench 2024 | — |
| 📘 2025-11-02(BeastAsLow) | Cinebench 2024 | — |
| 📘 2025-12-16->Jeromeneil | Cinebench 2024 | — |
| 📘 2026-03-31(Ike) | Cinebench 2024 | — |
| 📘 2026-07-16(abdou) | Cinebench 2026 | — |
iGPU
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Execution Units | — | 320 |
| GPU Boost Clock | — | 1620 MHz |
| Integrated Graphics | — | Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) |
| ROPs | — | 80 |
| Shading Units | — | 2560 |
| TGP | — | 28 W |
| TMUs | — | 160 |
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