{"id":207700,"date":"2025-10-18T00:44:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T00:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/207700\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T00:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T00:44:08","slug":"apple-m5-makes-geekbench-debut-with-impressive-performance-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/207700\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple M5 makes Geekbench debut with impressive performance gains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/fileadmin\/Notebooks\/News\/_nc5\/apple-m5-header.jpg\" data-caption=\"The Apple M5 has shown up on Geekbench (image source: Apple)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/csm_apple-m5-header_d32527e251.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"240\" height=\"203\" alt=\"The Apple M5 has shown up on Geekbench (image source: Apple)\"\/><\/a>The Apple M5 has shown up on Geekbench (image source: Apple)<\/p>\n<p>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. <\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">The highly anticipated Apple M5 has finally made its debut alongside a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Apple-s-new-iPad-Pro-with-M5-chip-starts-at-999-adds-50-more-memory-faster-charging-and-in-house-C1X-modem.1139054.0.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">iPad Pro<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Apple-updates-14-inch-MacBook-Pro-with-M5-chip-and-24-hour-battery-life-starting-at-1-599-99.1139053.0.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MacBook Pro<\/a>. Apple has made some lofty claims about its performance; now, we get to see if they&#8217;re true via a Geekbench listing. It shows up alongside a MacBook Pro with 16 GB of RAM. &#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">It scores 4,263 in Geekbench&#8217;s single-core test, effectively making the Apple M5 about 13% faster than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Apple-M4-8-cores-Processor-Benchmarks-and-Specs.910075.0.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Apple M4<\/a> (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.\u00a0&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">Apple takes the single-core lead back from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Snapdragon-X2-Elite-Extreme-benchmarks-showcase-promising-CPU-performance-increase-over-Snapdragon-X-Elite.1126631.0.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Qualcomm&#8217;s Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme X2E-96-100<\/a> (4,080), but fails to do so in multi-core performance; not surprising given the X2 Elite has 18 CPU cores versus Apple&#8217;s 10.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">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.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/fileadmin\/Notebooks\/News\/_nc5\/Apple-M5-Geekbench-score.png\" title=\"Apple M5 Geekbench score (image source: Geekbench)\" data-caption=\"Apple M5 Geekbench score (image source: Geekbench)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/csm_Apple-M5-Geekbench-score_66018dbde4.png\" width=\"463\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Apple M5 Geekbench score (image source: Geekbench)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>Apple M5 Geekbench score (image source: Geekbench)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Notebookcheck-Team.212978.0.html?&amp;tx_nbc2journalist_pi1%5Bmode%5D=show&amp;tx_nbc2journalist_pi1%5Buid%5D=284\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/csm_ani_gant_12229e5c5f.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" alt=\"Anil Ganti\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Notebookcheck-Team.212978.0.html?&amp;tx_nbc2journalist_pi1%5Bmode%5D=show&amp;tx_nbc2journalist_pi1%5Buid%5D=284\" class=\"j_name\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anil Ganti<\/a> &#8211; Senior Tech Writer  &#8211; 2741 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2019<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Apple M5 has shown up on Geekbench (image source: Apple) The Apple M5 has shown up on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207701,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64230,89453,268,59,269,262,38927,89454,267,261,270,266,263,129,86,265,264,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-207700","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-apple-m5","9":"tag-apple-m5-geekbench","10":"tag-benchmarks","11":"tag-gb","12":"tag-graphics-card","13":"tag-laptop","14":"tag-m5","15":"tag-m5-geekbench","16":"tag-netbook","17":"tag-notebook","18":"tag-processor","19":"tag-reports","20":"tag-review","21":"tag-reviews","22":"tag-technology","23":"tag-test","24":"tag-tests","25":"tag-uk","26":"tag-united-kingdom","27":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}