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Apple M5 (10 Cores)

Apple M5 (10 Cores)

The Apple M5 with 10 cores is an SoC (System on a Chip) for tablets, notebooks and PCs. It was presented on October 15, 2025 and offers all 10 ARM-compatible cores. The cores should be similar to those in the Apple A19 Pro and are divided into two clusters. 4 large performance cores clocked at up to 4.4 GHz and 6 smaller efficiency cores.

According to initial leaks, the single-core performance is excellent and is at the top of all tested devices in Geekbench 6.5.

The integrated M5 GPU also makes great strides in performance and can keep up with the old 16-core version of the M1 Pro in initial benchmarks (Geekbench Metal).

Apple the M1 Pro uses a further improved 16-core NPU which, together with the new Tensor cores in the GPU, contributes to a significant improvement in AI performance.

According to Apple, the chip is manufactured in the modern 3rd generation 3nm process (probably N3P at TSMC like the A19 Pro).

SeriesApple M5

Series: M5

Apple M5 (10 Cores) « - 4.43 GHz10 / 10 cores
Apple M5 (9 Cores) compare - 4.43 GHz9 / 9 cores
Clock Rate <=4425 MHz
Number of Cores / Threads10 / 10
4 x
6 x
Manufacturing Technology3 nm
GPUApple M5 GPU
64 Bit64 Bit support
ArchitectureARM
Announcement Date10/15/2025
Product Link (external)www.apple.com

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» Apple M5 (10 Cores)
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Surrounding CPUs

+ Intel Core i9-12900K
   16x 3.2 GHz - 5.2 GHz
+ Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF
   14x 3.6 GHz - 5.2 GHz
+ Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
   14x 3.6 GHz - 5.2 GHz
+ Intel Core i5-14600K
   14x 3.5 GHz - 5.3 GHz
+ Apple M4 Pro (12 cores)
   12x 2.59 GHz - 4.51 GHz
» Apple M5 (10 Cores)
   10x - 4.43 GHz
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
   8x 4.7 GHz - 5.2 GHz
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
   8x 4.5 GHz - 5.4 GHz
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
   8x 3.8 GHz - 5.3 GHz
- AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
   16x 3.4 GHz - 4.9 GHz
- Intel Core i5-13600K
   14x 3.5 GHz - 5.1 GHz
Klaus Hinum (Update: 2025-10-15)