Apple M1 Pro vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Pro with 10-cores against the 2.1 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M1 Pro
- More powerful Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) integrated graphics: 5.3 vs 1.6 TFLOPS
- Has 4 more physical cores
- 53% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2328 vs 1526 points
- More modern manufacturing process β 5 versus 7 nanometers
- Newer - released 9 months later
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | 444 | - |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | 3334 | - |
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1230 MB/sec | 504.2 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 82.4 Klines/sec | 32.5 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 249.1 pages/sec | 103.5 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 271.3 Mpixels/sec | 151.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 246.4 pages/sec | 124.6 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 36.9 images/sec | 27.2 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 102.5 images/sec | 49.8 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 10.7 Mpixels/sec | 8.97 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 45.6 GOps/sec | 44.4 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 64 GOps/sec | 25.6 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 272M Primes/sec | 26M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 32.5M Strings/sec | 18.7M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 12.2 GBytes/sec | 10.2 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 272.2 MBytes/sec | 171.4 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 2696 Frames/sec | 526 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 12.6B Matrices/sec | 10.7B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 26.5 PPW | 16.2 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 343.5 PPW | 240.2 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 731.1 PPW | 504.4 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 6.23 PPW | 3.68 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M1 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-03-27 (bbffx) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2450 / 12944 |
| π 2026-03-27 (bbffx) | Cinebench 2026 | 444 / 3334 |
| π 2026-03-27 (bbffx) | Cinebench 2024 | 115 / 857 |
| π 2025-02-23 (anon121434) | Cinebench 2024 | 99 / 682 |
| π 2025-02-19 (serhii) | Cinebench 2024 | 109 / 796 |
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2025-08-11 (Akhil) | Cinebench 2024 | 68 / 404 |
| π 2025-06-06 (DON'T_SYBAU β€οΈ) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1515 / 6409 |
| π 2025-06-04 (Micro_review) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1526 / 6005 |
| π 2025-05-14 (Josh Passed) | Cinebench 2024 | 69 / 315 |
| π 2024-05-30 (Wildan) | Cinebench 2024 | 68 / 367 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M1 Pro and AMD Ryzen 5 5500UGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | Amd |
| Released | October 18, 2021 | January 12, 2021 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M1 | Zen 2 (Lucienne) |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) | Radeon RX Vega 7 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Intel Core i5 1135G7 |
| Successor | - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) | - AMD Ryzen 5 7520U |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#165th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 8 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.2 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 4 GHz |
| E-Cores | 2 | - |
| E-Threads | 2 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.1 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 10 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 10 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | - | 21x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 24MB (shared) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | - | 8MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | 33.7 billions | - |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 30 W | 10-25 W (configurable) |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | FP6 |
| Peak Temperature | - | 105Β°C |
Laptop processors ranking (#124th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) | Radeon RX Vega 7 |
| GPU Base Clock | 450 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1296 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 448 |
| TMUs | 128 | 28 |
| ROPs | 64 | 8 |
| Execution Units | 256 | 7 |
| TGP | 30 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-6400 | - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR4-4266 |
| Max. Memory Size | 32 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 204.8 GB/s | - |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | - | AMD Ryzen 5 5500U official page |
| PCI Express Version | - | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 12 |
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