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AMD Ryzen Z2 vs Apple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU)
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD Ryzen Z2
50 %
8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD Ryzen Z2
36 %
8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD Ryzen Z2
58 %
8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD Ryzen Z2
37 %
8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz
18C / 18T · 0.91 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
AMD Ryzen Z2
41 %
AMD Radeon 780M
Apple M5 Pro (20 Core)
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen Z2 | Apple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | AMD Ryzen Z2 (3) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | AMD Ryzen 8040 (22) | Apple M5 (6) |
| Architecture | Hawk Point (Zen 4) | M5 |
| Technology | 4 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | FP8 | |
| Predecessor | Apple M4 Pro (14-CPU 20-GPU) | |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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AMD Ryzen Z2 | Apple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 16 | 18 / 18 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 8x Zen 4 3.30 - 5.10 GHz |
6x Super-Core 0.91 - 4.61 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 12x Performance-Core 0.90 - 3.05 GHz |
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| L2-Cache | 8.00 MB | 22.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 16.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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AMD Ryzen Z2 | Apple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | AMD Radeon 780M | Apple M5 Pro (20 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.80 - 2.70 GHz | 0.34 - 1.90 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 12 / 768 | 320 / 2560 |
| Raytracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 4 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 32 GB | 64 GB |
| Technology | 4 nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2023 | Q1/2026 |
NPU AI performance
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AMD Ryzen Z2 | Apple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 60 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen Z2 | Apple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s) LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-9600 (307.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 256 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 4 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 x 20 | 5.0 x 8 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 39.4 GB/s | 31.5 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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AMD Ryzen Z2 | Apple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 28 W | 45 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 30 W | |
| TDP down | 15 W | 35 W |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen Z2 | Apple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv9.2-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME |
| Release date | Q1/2025 | Q1/2026 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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Most popular CPUs in both categories
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Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
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2
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
3
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
4
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
5
Apple M5 Pro (15-CPU 16-GPU)
15C / 15T · 4.61 GHz
6
Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
7
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
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Apple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
9
AMD Ryzen Z2
8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz
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