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AMD Ryzen 7 250 vs Apple M5 (10-CPU)

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 60 %
AMD Ryzen 7 250
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 74 %
AMD Ryzen 7 250
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread

Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread
Single-core performance

AMD Ryzen 7 250
8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz
421 pts
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
10C / 10T · 4.61 GHz
737 pts
Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core

Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD Ryzen 7 250
8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz
3,129 pts
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
10C / 10T · 4.61 GHz
4,367 pts
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

AMD Ryzen 7 250
8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz
104 pts
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
10C / 10T · 4.61 GHz
198 pts
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD Ryzen 7 250
8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz
848 pts
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
10C / 10T · 4.61 GHz
1,161 pts
Cinebench R23 Single-Core

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

AMD Ryzen 7 250
8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz
1,717 pts
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
10C / 10T · 4.61 GHz
2,411 pts
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD Ryzen 7 250
8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz
13,816 pts
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
10C / 10T · 3.60 GHz
13,299 pts
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

AMD Ryzen 7 250
8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz
2,440
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
10C / 10T · 4.61 GHz
4,309
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD Ryzen 7 250
8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz
8,200
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
10C / 10T · 3.60 GHz
17,874
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

AMD Ryzen 7 250
AMD Radeon 780M
4,201
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
Apple M5 (10 Core)
5,133

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
AMD Ryzen 7 250Apple M5 (10-CPU)
FamilyAMD Ryzen 7 (79)Apple M series (38)
CPU groupAMD Ryzen 200 (11)Apple M5 (6)
ArchitectureHawk Point (Zen 4)M5
Technology4 nm3 nm
SegmentNotebookNotebook
SocketFP8
PredecessorApple M4 (10-CPU)
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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AMD Ryzen 7 250Apple M5 (10-CPU)
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 1610 / 10
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 8x Zen 4
3.30 - 5.10 GHz
4x P-Core
0.91 - 4.61 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 6x E-Core
0.90 - 3.05 GHz
L2-Cache8.00 MB28.00 MB
L3-Cache16.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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AMD Ryzen 7 250Apple M5 (10-CPU)
GPU nameAMD Radeon 780MApple M5 (10 Core)
GPU frequency0.80 - 2.70 GHz0.34 - 1.90 GHz
CUs / Shader12 / 768160 / 1280
Raytracing
Max. displays43
Max. GPU Memory32 GB24 GB
Technology4 nm3 nm
Release dateQ1/2023Q4/2025

NPU AI performance

Wischen
AMD Ryzen 7 250Apple M5 (10-CPU)
AI hardwareAMD Ryzen™ AIApple Neural Engine
AI specificationsAMD Ryzen™ AI (XDNA) @ 16 TOPS16 Neural cores @ 60 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU38 TOPS

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
AMD Ryzen 7 250Apple M5 (10-CPU)
MemoryLPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s)
DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s)
LPDDR5X-9600 (153.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory256 GB32 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe4.0 x 204.0
PCIe Bandwidth39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen
AMD Ryzen 7 250Apple M5 (10-CPU)
TDP28 W28 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up30 W
TDP down15 W15 W
T. junction max.100 °C100 °C

Technical details

Wischen
AMD Ryzen 7 250Apple M5 (10-CPU)
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 11, LinuxmacOS, iPadOS
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)Armv9.2-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME
Release dateQ1/2024Q4/2025
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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AMD Ryzen 7 250
AMD Ryzen 7 250
8C / 16T · 3.30 - 5.10 GHz
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
10C / 10T · 0.91 - 4.61 GHz

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AMD Ryzen 7 250
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