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Apple M5 (10-core)
The base M5 keeps M4's 4+6 CPU layout but adds a Neural Accelerator to every GPU core, lifting single-core Geekbench 6 to 4,228 while cutting local LLM and image-generation times sharply versus M4.
Pros
- Strong single-core performance: 4,228 in Geekbench 6
- Neural Accelerators in every GPU core sharply speed up on-device AI
- Memory bandwidth up nearly 30% over M4, to 153GB/s
- Efficient enough to run fanless in iPad Pro and Vision Pro
Cons
- Multi-core CPU gain over M4 is modest (Apple cites up to 15%)
- Still capped at 32GB unified memory
- GPU core count unchanged from M4 (10 cores)
Very good
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Apple M5 (10-core)
General
- Announced
- 2025
- Process
- 3 nm
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 10
- Performance cores
- 4
- Efficiency cores
- 6
- Threads
- 10
- Base clock
- 3.1 GHz
- Boost clock
- 4.6 GHz
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Apple 10-core GPU
Memory
- Memory support
- LPDDR5X-9600
- Max memory
- 32 GB
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 4,228Top 3%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 17,314Top 13%
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 2,459Top 1%
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 15,893Top 33%
- PassMark
- 26,757Top 30%
- PassMark (single thread)
- 5,767Top 3%
Devices with the Apple M5 (10-core)
5 devices in our catalog use this chip
Quick answers
Is the Apple M5 (10-core) good in 2026?
The Apple M5 (10-core) earns an Inno Score of 70.1/100 (“Very good”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The base M5 keeps M4's 4+6 CPU layout but adds a Neural Accelerator to every GPU core, lifting single-core Geekbench 6 to 4,228 while cutting local LLM and image-generation times sharply versus M4.
Does the Apple M5 (10-core) count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 26,757 (cpubenchmark.net, retrieved Sep 26–Oct 8, 2026), which puts it in Tier A of our CPU tier checker: current Core i7 H / Core Ultra 7 / Ryzen 7 class and above. It is an Arm-based chip, so a requirement that asks specifically for an Intel or AMD (x86-64) processor excludes it. Requirement pages word this differently, so check the exact wording with your department.
Which devices use the Apple M5 (10-core)?
5 devices in our catalog use the Apple M5 (10-core): iPad Pro 13-inch (M5), iPad Pro 11-inch (M5), Apple MacBook Pro 14 (M5), Apple MacBook Air 13 (M5), Apple MacBook Air 15 (M5).
What are the key specs of the Apple M5 (10-core)?
Cores: 10 · Threads: 10 · Boost clock: 4.6 GHz
What are the closest alternatives to the Apple M5 (10-core)?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 395, Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX, Intel Core Ultra X9 388H — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
