AMD Ryzen 5 9500F 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 9500F (67/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
AMD

AMD Ryzen 5 9500F

67/100
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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 9500F Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Efficiency 76.0 Good 98.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 84.0 Very Good 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 9500F Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 4.61 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz —
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) —
L3 Cache 32MB (shared) —
Multiplier 38x 46x
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 6
Total Cores 6 18
Total Threads 12 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz —
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Base Frequency (E) — 4.38 GHz
E-Cores — 12
E-Threads — 12

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 9500F Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Background blur 73.1 images/sec 100.3 images/sec
Clang compilation 93.4 Klines/sec 262.5 Klines/sec
File compression 1320 MB/sec 2530 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 280.1 pages/sec 738.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 367.1 Mpixels/sec 744.9 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 119.7 images/sec 250.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 20 Mpixels/sec 46.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 330.6 pages/sec 450.7 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 9500F Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Apple M5
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU No Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
Model number 9500F —
Released September 16, 2025 March 3, 2026
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 9500F Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 307 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 16
Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5X-9600

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 9500F Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 9500F official page —
PCI Express Lanes 28 —
PCI Express Version 5.0 —
Technologies - Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 9500F Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Fabrication Process 4 nm 3 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 88 W —
Peak Temperature 95°C 100°C
Socket AM5 Apple M-Socket
TDP (PL1) 65 W —
Transistors — 28 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 9500F Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Data compression 320.5 MBytes/sec 697.9 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 15.5 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 26.1B Matrices/sec 33.3B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 221M Primes/sec 486M Primes/sec
Floating point math 56.2 GOps/sec 186.8 GOps/sec
Integer math 83.8 GOps/sec 132.7 GOps/sec
Physics 1850 Frames/sec 5687 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 33.8M Strings/sec 85.6M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 9500F Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Blender / Watt 3.34 PPW —
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 14.4 PPW —
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 215.4 PPW —
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 431.7 PPW —

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 9500F 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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