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AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D vs Apple M5 Ultra (36-core)

AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D
—Inno Score
VS
Apple M5 Ultra (36-core)
—Inno Score
41.3Multi-core—
84.4Gamingspec-based52.5
0 spec wins — AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D8 spec wins — Apple M5 Ultra (36-core)

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D and Apple M5 Ultra (36-core) lack the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

No decisive spec advantages — this side competes on price and preference.

Reasons to pick the Apple M5 Ultra (36-core)

  • 500% higher cores: 36 vs 6
  • 300% higher Max memory: 512 GB vs 128 GB
  • 200% higher threads: 36 vs 12
  • 100% higher Performance cores: 12 vs 6
  • 57% lower process: 3 nm vs 7 nm

General

General comparison: AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D versus Apple M5 Ultra (36-core)
SpecAMD Ryzen 5 5500X3DApple M5 Ultra (36-core)
Announced20252026
SocketAM4—
Process7 nm3 nm+57%
Base TDP105 W—
Cooler includedNo—

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D versus Apple M5 Ultra (36-core)
SpecAMD Ryzen 5 5500X3DApple M5 Ultra (36-core)
Cores636+500%
Performance cores612+100%
Efficiency cores024
Threads1236+200%
Base clock3 GHz—
Boost clock4 GHz4.6 GHz+15%
L2 cache3 MB—
L3 cache96 MB—

Integrated GPU

Integrated GPU comparison: AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D versus Apple M5 Ultra (36-core)
SpecAMD Ryzen 5 5500X3DApple M5 Ultra (36-core)
iGPU—Apple 80-core GPU

Memory

Memory comparison: AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D versus Apple M5 Ultra (36-core)
SpecAMD Ryzen 5 5500X3DApple M5 Ultra (36-core)
Memory supportDDR4-3200—
Max memory128 GB512 GB+300%
Memory channels2—

Platform

Platform comparison: AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D versus Apple M5 Ultra (36-core)
SpecAMD Ryzen 5 5500X3DApple M5 Ultra (36-core)
PCIe version4—
CPU PCIe lanes24—

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D versus Apple M5 Ultra (36-core)
SpecAMD Ryzen 5 5500X3DApple M5 Ultra (36-core)
PassMark20,323Bottom 37%—

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