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Apple M5 Pro (18-core)
Apple's first 'Fusion Architecture' chip fuses two dies into one SoC. The top M5 Pro configuration pairs 6 Super Cores with 12 Performance Cores (18 total) and a 20-core GPU, dropping the traditional low-power efficiency-core cluster entirely.
Pros
- New Fusion Architecture delivers up to 30% higher multithreaded performance than M4 Pro
- Neural Accelerator in every GPU core pushes AI GPU compute over 4x versus M4 Pro
- Memory bandwidth up to 307GB/s, versus M4 Pro's 273GB/s
- Native Thunderbolt 5 support
Cons
- No dedicated low-power efficiency-core cluster, unlike M4 Pro
- 64GB memory ceiling unchanged from M4 Pro
- New two-die 'Fusion' packaging has no long-term track record yet
Excellent
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Apple M5 Pro (18-core)
General
- Announced
- 2026
- Process
- 3 nm
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 18
- Performance cores
- 18
- Efficiency cores
- 0
- Threads
- 18
- Base clock
- 4.4 GHz
- Boost clock
- 4.6 GHz
- L3 cache
- 24 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Apple 20-core GPU
Memory
- Memory support
- LPDDR5X-9600
- Max memory
- 64 GB
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 4,295Top 2%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 28,436Top 1%
- PassMark
- 57,150Top 3%
- PassMark (single thread)
- 5,933Top 2%
Devices with the Apple M5 Pro (18-core)
4 devices in our catalog use this chip
Quick answers
Is the Apple M5 Pro (18-core) good in 2026?
The Apple M5 Pro (18-core) earns an Inno Score of 87.4/100 (“Excellent”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Apple's first 'Fusion Architecture' chip fuses two dies into one SoC. The top M5 Pro configuration pairs 6 Super Cores with 12 Performance Cores (18 total) and a 20-core GPU, dropping the traditional low-power efficiency-core cluster entirely.
Does the Apple M5 Pro (18-core) count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 57,150 (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 Pro (18-core)?
4 devices in our catalog use the Apple M5 Pro (18-core): Apple MacBook Pro 14 PROLED (M5 Pro), Apple MacBook Pro 16 (M5 Pro), Apple MacBook Pro 16 PROLED (M5 Pro), Apple MacBook Pro 14 (M5 Pro).
What are the key specs of the Apple M5 Pro (18-core)?
Cores: 18 · Threads: 18 · Boost clock: 4.6 GHz
What are the closest alternatives to the Apple M5 Pro (18-core)?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Apple M5 Max (18-core), Apple M4 Max (16-core), Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
