Home > CPU Comparison > M5 (10-Core) or M2 Pro: what's better?

Apple M5 (10-Core) vs M2 Pro

81 out of 100
Apple M5 (10-Core)
VS
65 out of 100
Apple M2 Pro
Apple M5 (10-Core)
Apple M2 Pro

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.61 GHz Apple M5 (10-Core) with 10-cores against the 3.5 GHz M2 Pro with 12-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
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
DeviceFacts Final Score
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
๐Ÿ”Œ Usage Scenario:

Key Differences

What are the key differences between Pro and (10-Core)
Advantages of Apple M5 (10-Core)
  • Newer - released 2 years and 10 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 3 versus 5 nanometers
  • 60% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4276 vs 2666 points
Advantages of Apple M2 Pro
  • More powerful Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) integrated graphics: 6.8 vs 4.1 TFLOPS
  • Around 51.2 GB/s (33%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 2 more physical cores

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
M5 (10-Core)
vs
M2 Pro

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M5 (10-Core) +66%
208
M2 Pro
125
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M5 (10-Core) +49%
1183
M2 Pro
795
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4456 -
Cinebench Scores (#113th place)
Submit your benchmark results

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
M5 (10-Core) +60%
4276
M2 Pro
2666
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M5 (10-Core) +23%
17862
M2 Pro
14489
File compression 1790 MB/sec 1630 MB/sec
Clang compilation 138 Klines/sec 125.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 427.3 pages/sec 356.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 430.7 Mpixels/sec 352.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 421.1 pages/sec 266.9 pages/sec
Background blur 78.7 images/sec 53.8 images/sec
Photo processing 156.2 images/sec 126.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 21.6 Mpixels/sec 17 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 917 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M5 (10-Core) +41%
5762
M2 Pro
4089
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M5 (10-Core)
26779
M2 Pro
26724
Integer math 56.9 GOps/sec 57.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 75.6 GOps/sec 73.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 301M Primes/sec 354M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 35.6M Strings/sec 40.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 17.1 GBytes/sec 15.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 296.6 MBytes/sec 334.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 3199 Frames/sec 3611 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.1B Matrices/sec 14.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 507 & 584 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M5 (10-Core) +39%
275.89
M2 Pro
198.23

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 43.8 PPW 26.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 661.6 PPW 483 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 991.8 PPW 890.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 10.22 PPW 6.61 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple M5 (10-Core)
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-29 -> knotp37Cinebench 20260 / 3841
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-05 -> maheshkondrajuGeekbench 6 CPU4224 / 17165
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-27 -> RennsportGeekbench 6 CPU4289 / 18011
Add View all (3)
Apple M2 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-04-23 (Roman)Cinebench 2024125 / 795
Add View all (1)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M5 (10-Core) and M2 Pro

General

Vendor Apple Apple
Released October 15, 2025 January 17, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 ARMv8
Codename Apple M5 Apple M2
Model number T8142 -
Integrated GPU Apple M5 GPU (10-core) Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)
Rival Equivalent - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) -
Successor - - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 3.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 6 4
E-Threads 6 4
Base Frequency (E) 3.0 GHz 2.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 10 12
Total Threads 10 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 46x -
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 22MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 28 billions 40 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 27 W 30 W
Socket Apple M-Socket Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC
Die Size 157.48 mmยฒ -
Laptop processors ranking (21st and 74th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Apple M5 GPU (10-core) Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)
GPU Base Clock - 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1398 MHz
Shading Units 1280 2432
TMUs 80 152
ROPs 40 76
Execution Units 160 304
TGP - 35 W
iGPU FLOPS
M5 (10-Core)
4.1 TFLOPS
M2 Pro +66%
6.8 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) compared to M5 GPU (10-Core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 8 4
Max. Memory Bandwidth 153.6 GB/s 204.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

PCI Express Version - 4.0

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
18 (54.5%)
15 (45.5%)
Total votes: 33

Competitors

1. Apple M2 Pro vs Apple M4 Pro (14-Core) (2)
2. Apple M2 Pro vs Apple M1 Pro (1)
3. Apple M2 Pro vs Apple M4 (10-Core)
4. Apple M2 Pro vs Apple M1 Max
5. Apple M2 Pro vs Apple M3
6. Apple M5 (10-Core) vs Apple M6 (12-Core) (2)
7. Apple M5 (10-Core) vs Apple M4 Pro (12-Core)
8. Apple M5 (10-Core) vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
9. Apple M5 (10-Core) vs Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
10. Apple M5 (10-Core) vs Apple M1 Pro
Compare other CPUs (460+)

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M2 Pro or M5 (10-Core)?
๐ŸŒ Register your profile and become part of DeviceFacts community!
Englishะ ัƒััะบะธะน