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AMD EPYC 9865 vs Apple M5

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
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Multi-core performance
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At a glance

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AMD EPYC 9865Apple M5
FamilyAMD EPYC (147)Apple M series (38)
CPU groupAMD EPYC 9005 (29)Apple M5 (6)
ArchitectureTurin (Zen 5 / Zen 5c)M5
Technology4 nm3 nm
SegmentServerNotebook
SocketSP5
PredecessorApple M4
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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AMD EPYC 9865Apple M5
CPU Cores / Threads160 / 3209 / 9
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 160x Zen 5c
2.10 GHz
3x P-Core
0.91 - 4.61 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 6x E-Core
0.90 - 3.05 GHz
L2-Cache28.00 MB
L3-Cache320.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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AMD EPYC 9865Apple M5
GPU nameno iGPUApple M5 (10 Core)
GPU frequency0.34 - 1.90 GHz
CUs / Shader / 160 / 1280
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory24 GB
Technology3 nm
Release dateQ4/2025

NPU AI performance

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AMD EPYC 9865Apple M5
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 60 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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AMD EPYC 9865Apple M5
MemoryDDR5-6000 (480.0 GB/s)
LPDDR5X-9600 (153.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory6144 GB16 GB
Memory channels122
ECCYesNo
PCIe5.0 x 1284.0
PCIe Bandwidth504.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

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AMD EPYC 9865Apple M5
TDP400 W17 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down15 W
T. junction max.100 °C100 °C

Technical details

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AMD EPYC 9865Apple M5
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows Server 2022, Linux, Windows 11macOS, iPadOS
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)Armv9.2-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, BFLOAT16, VNNIRosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME
Release dateQ4/2024Q4/2025
Release price
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AMD EPYC 9865
AMD EPYC 9865
160C / 320T · 2.10 GHz
Apple M5
Apple M5
9C / 9T · 0.91 - 4.61 GHz

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