AMD Ryzen 7 7800X 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 7 7800X (67/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.
Benchmark Performance Comparison
Normalized Lab Scores| Benchmark | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Efficiency | 60.0 Average | 98.0 Excellent WINNER |
| Performance | 79.0 Good | 100.0 Excellent WINNER |
Detailed Technical Specifications
CPU
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.5 GHz | 4.61 GHz |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | — |
| L2 Cache | 1MB (per core) | — |
| L3 Cache | 40MB (shared) | — |
| Multiplier | 45x | 46x |
| P-Cores | 8 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 16 | 6 |
| Total Cores | 8 | 18 |
| Total Threads | 16 | 18 |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5.4 GHz | — |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | No |
| Base Frequency (E) | — | 4.38 GHz |
| E-Cores | — | 12 |
| E-Threads | — | 12 |
| L1 Cache | — | 192K (per core) |
General
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Codename | Zen 4 (Raphael) | Apple M5 |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | ARMv9 |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) | Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) |
| Intel Equivalent | -Intel Core i7 13700K | — |
| Released | January 10, 2023 | March 3, 2026 |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
| Vendor | Amd | Apple |
Memory Support
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Max. Memory Size | 128 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 16 |
| Memory Types | - DDR5-5200 | - LPDDR5X-9600 |
| ECC Support | — | No |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | — | 307 GB/s |
Misc
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| PCI Express Lanes | 28 | — |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | — |
Package
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 3 nm |
| Peak Temperature | 95°C | 100°C |
| Socket | AM5 | Apple M-Socket |
| TDP (PL1) | 105 W | — |
| Transistors | — | 28 billions |
Performance Per Watt
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 12.1 PPW | — |
iGPU
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Execution Units | 2 | 320 |
| GPU Base Clock | 400 MHz | — |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2200 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) | Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) |
| ROPs | 4 | 80 |
| Shading Units | 128 | 2560 |
| TGP | 15 W | 28 W |
| TMUs | 8 | 160 |
GeekBench v6
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Background blur | — | 100.3 images/sec |
| Clang compilation | — | 262.5 Klines/sec |
| File compression | — | 2530 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | — | 738.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | — | 744.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Photo processing | — | 250.8 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | — | 46.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | — | 450.7 pages/sec |
PassMark
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Data compression | — | 697.9 MBytes/sec |
| Data encryption | — | 40.8 GBytes/sec |
| Extended instructions | — | 33.3B Matrices/sec |
| Find prime numbers | — | 486M Primes/sec |
| Floating point math | — | 186.8 GOps/sec |
| Integer math | — | 132.7 GOps/sec |
| Physics | — | 5687 Frames/sec |
| Random string sorting | — | 85.6M Strings/sec |
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