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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X vs Apple M5 (10-CPU)

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 65 %
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X
Rank 2 - 75 %
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X
24C / 48T · 5.30 GHz
2,780
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
10C / 10T · 4.61 GHz
4,309
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X
24C / 48T · 4.20 GHz
23,950
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
10C / 10T · 3.60 GHz
17,874

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960XApple M5 (10-CPU)
FamilyAMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)Apple M series (38)
CPU groupAMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 (3)Apple M5 (6)
ArchitectureStorm Peak (Zen 4)M5
Technology5 nm3 nm
SegmentDesktopNotebook
SocketsTR5
PredecessorApple M4 (10-CPU)
SuccessorAMD Ryzen Threadripper 9960X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960XApple M5 (10-CPU)
CPU Cores / Threads24 / 4810 / 10
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 24x Zen 4
4.20 - 5.30 GHz
4x P-Core
0.91 - 4.61 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 6x E-Core
0.90 - 3.05 GHz
L2-Cache24.00 MB28.00 MB
L3-Cache128.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960XApple M5 (10-CPU)
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 Ryzen Threadripper 7960XApple M5 (10-CPU)
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 60 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960XApple M5 (10-CPU)
MemoryDDR5-5200 (166.4 GB/s)
LPDDR5X-9600 (153.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory1024 GB32 GB
Memory channels42
ECCYesNo
PCIe5.0 x 484.0
PCIe Bandwidth189.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960XApple M5 (10-CPU)
TDP350 W28 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down15 W
T. junction max.95 °C100 °C

Technical details

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960XApple M5 (10-CPU)
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 11, LinuxmacOS, iPadOS
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)Armv9.2-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4A, SSE4.2, SSSE3, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME
Release dateQ4/2023Q4/2025
Release price1790 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X
24C / 48T · 4.20 - 5.30 GHz
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
10C / 10T · 0.91 - 4.61 GHz

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X
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