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Apple M1 (7-GPU) vs Apple M5 Pro (15-CPU 16-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
Apple M1 (7-GPU)
56 %
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
15C / 15T · 4.61 GHz
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M1 (7-GPU)
56 %
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
15C / 15T · 4.61 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M1 (7-GPU)
34 %
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
15C / 15T · 0.91 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple M1 (7-GPU)
28 %
Apple M1 (7 Core)
Apple M5 Pro (16 Core)
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries
213 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries
190 entries
V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries
251 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple M1 (7-GPU) | Apple M5 Pro (15-CPU 16-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple M series (38) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | Apple M1 (9) | Apple M5 (6) |
| Architecture | M1 | M5 |
| Technology | 5 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple M4 Pro (12-CPU 16-GPU) | |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple M1 (7-GPU) | Apple M5 Pro (15-CPU 16-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 15 / 15 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Firestorm 0.60 - 3.20 GHz |
5x Super-Core 0.91 - 4.61 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Icestorm 0.60 - 2.06 GHz |
10x Performance-Core 0.90 - 3.05 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 16.00 MB | 22.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | ||
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple M1 (7-GPU) | Apple M5 Pro (15-CPU 16-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple M1 (7 Core) | Apple M5 Pro (16 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.39 - 1.30 GHz | 0.34 - 1.90 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 112 / 896 | 256 / 2048 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 2 | 4 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB | 48 GB |
| Technology | 5 nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2020 | Q1/2026 |
NPU AI performance
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Apple M1 (7-GPU) | Apple M5 Pro (15-CPU 16-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | Apple Neural Engine |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 11 TOPS | 16 Neural cores @ 60 TOPS |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple M1 (7-GPU) | Apple M5 Pro (15-CPU 16-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-9600 (307.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 16 GB | 48 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 4 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 | 5.0 x 8 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 31.5 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Apple M1 (7-GPU) | Apple M5 Pro (15-CPU 16-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 18 W | 45 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 25 W | |
| TDP down | 10 W | 35 W |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple M1 (7-GPU) | Apple M5 Pro (15-CPU 16-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | macOS | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | Armv8.5-A (64 bit) | Armv9.2-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME |
| Release date | Q4/2020 | Q1/2026 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents |
User Reviews
Your rating
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Apple M5 Pro (15-CPU 16-GPU)
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