The Apple M5 has shown up on Geekbench (image source: Apple)
The Apple M5 has shown up on Geekbench alongside the new MacBook Pro. It features a 10-core GPU, 16 GB of RAM and a boost clock of 4.6 GHz.
The highly anticipated Apple M5 has finally made its debut alongside a new iPad Pro and MacBook Pro. Apple has made some lofty claims about its performance; now, we get to see if they’re true via a Geekbench listing. It shows up alongside a MacBook Pro with 16 GB of RAM.
It scores 4,263 in Geekbench’s single-core test, effectively making the Apple M5 about 13% faster than the Apple M4 (3,748 average). In multi-core, the M5 scores 17,862 points; a 17% increase over its last-gen counterpart (15,173 points on account of its extra CPU cores.Â
Apple takes the single-core lead back from Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme X2E-96-100 (4,080), but fails to do so in multi-core performance; not surprising given the X2 Elite has 18 CPU cores versus Apple’s 10.
And the best part is, Apple achieves this lead at a far lower boost clock of 4.61 GHz, whereas Qualcomm had to push its silicon to 5.0 GHz to achieve similar results. The Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme benchmarks were sourced from a Qualcomm reference laptop, while the MacBook Pro above is a pre-production unit.
Apple M5 Geekbench score (image source: Geekbench)
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I’ve been an avid PC gamer since the age of 8. My passion for gaming eventually pushed me towards general tech, and I got my first writing gig at the age of 19. I have a degree in mechanical engineering and have worked in the manufacturing industry and a few other publications like Wccftech before joining Notebookcheck in November 2019. I cover a variety of topics including smartphones, gaming, and computer hardware.