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Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) vs Apple M5
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
Apple M5
100 %
9C / 9T · 4.61 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
Apple M5
100 %
9C / 9T · 0.91 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Broadcom VideoCore VII
Apple M5
100 %
Apple M5 (10 Core)
More benchmarks
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Broadcom BCM (3) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | Broadcom BCM2712 (1) | Apple M5 (6) |
| Architecture | Cortex-A76 | M5 |
| Technology | 16 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Notebook |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) | Apple M4 |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 9 / 9 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Cortex-A76 1.00 - 2.40 GHz |
3x P-Core 0.91 - 4.61 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 6x E-Core 0.90 - 3.05 GHz |
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| L2-Cache | 2.00 MB | 28.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 2.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✓ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Broadcom VideoCore VII | Apple M5 (10 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.80 GHz | 0.34 - 1.90 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 8 / 128 | 160 / 1280 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 2 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 4 GB | 24 GB |
| Technology | 16 nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2023 | Q4/2025 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) | Apple M5 |
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| AI hardware | Hailo-8L | Apple Neural Engine |
| AI specifications | Expansion: AI-Kit Hailo-8L @ 13 TOPS (2.3 watts) | 16 Neural cores @ 60 TOPS |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4X-4266 (17.1 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-9600 (153.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 2.0 x 4 | 4.0 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 2.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 12 W | 17 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 15 W | |
| T. junction max. | 88 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 11 (ARM), Linux | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | Armv9.2-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME | |
| Release date | Q3/2023 | Q4/2025 |
| Release price | 79 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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