AMD Ryzen 5 7540U 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 7540U (52/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Pro (18-Core):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (98 vs 74)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 66)
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
AMD

AMD Ryzen 5 7540U

52/100
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[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Apple

Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)

97/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 5 7540U Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Efficiency 74.0 Good 98.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 66.0 Average 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7540U Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 4.61 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz —
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) —
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) —
Multiplier 32x 46x
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 6
Total Cores 6 18
Total Threads 12 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz —
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Base Frequency (E) — 4.38 GHz
E-Cores — 12
E-Threads — 12

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7540U Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Background blur 42.6 images/sec 100.3 images/sec
Clang compilation 63.6 Klines/sec 262.5 Klines/sec
File compression 988.4 MB/sec 2530 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 172.2 pages/sec 738.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 215.5 Mpixels/sec 744.9 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 72.2 images/sec 250.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.3 Mpixels/sec 46.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 239.6 pages/sec 450.7 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7540U Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Codename Zen 4 (Phoenix) Apple M5
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU Radeon 740M Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core i5 1340P —
Released May 23, 2023 March 3, 2026
Successor -AMD Ryzen 5 230 —
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7540U Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 16
Memory Types - DDR5-5600- LPDDR5x-7500 - LPDDR5X-9600
Max. Memory Bandwidth — 307 GB/s

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7540U Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 7540U official page —
PCI Express Lanes 14 —
PCI Express Version 4.0 —
Technologies - Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, NX-Bit, SMAP, SMEP —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7540U Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Fabrication Process 4 nm 3 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket FP7 Apple M-Socket
TDP (PL1) 15-30 W (configurable) —
Transistors 25 billions 28 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7540U Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Data compression 210.3 MBytes/sec 697.9 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 12.5 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 15.2B Matrices/sec 33.3B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 67M Primes/sec 486M Primes/sec
Floating point math 35.9 GOps/sec 186.8 GOps/sec
Integer math 60.1 GOps/sec 132.7 GOps/sec
Physics 973 Frames/sec 5687 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 24.7M Strings/sec 85.6M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7540U Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Blender / Watt 4.74 PPW —
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17 PPW —
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 294.1 PPW —
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 617.5 PPW —

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7540U Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Date Benchmark —
📘 2025-04-28(Atbara) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2025-07-16(Afridi) Cinebench 2024 —

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 7540U Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Execution Units 4 320
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz —
GPU Boost Clock 2500 MHz 1620 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon 740M Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
ROPs 8 80
Shading Units 256 2560
TGP 15 W 28 W
TMUs 16 160

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