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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 3%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 28,436Top 2%
- PassMark
- 57,150Top 2%
- PassMark (single thread)
- 5,933Top 2%
Devices with the Apple M5 Pro (18-core)
2 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)?
2 devices in our catalog use the Apple M5 Pro (18-core): Apple MacBook Pro 16 (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.
