AMD Ryzen 5 7430U vs Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
[ VERDICT ]
Winner: Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) (97/100)
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to AMD Ryzen 5 7430U (43/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.
Benchmark Performance Comparison
Normalized Lab Scores| Benchmark | AMD Ryzen 5 7430U | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Efficiency | 70.0 Good | 98.0 Excellent WINNER |
| Performance | 53.0 Below Average | 100.0 Excellent WINNER |
Detailed Technical Specifications
CPU
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 5 7430U | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Base Frequency (P) | 2.3 GHz | 4.61 GHz |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | — |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | — |
| L3 Cache | 16MB (shared) | — |
| Multiplier | 23x | 46x |
| P-Cores | 6 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 12 | 6 |
| Total Cores | 6 | 18 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 18 |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.3 GHz | — |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
| Base Frequency (E) | — | 4.38 GHz |
| E-Cores | — | 12 |
| E-Threads | — | 12 |
GeekBench v6
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 5 7430U | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Background blur | 31 images/sec | 100.3 images/sec |
| Clang compilation | 51.2 Klines/sec | 262.5 Klines/sec |
| File compression | 606.2 MB/sec | 2530 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 106.5 pages/sec | 738.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 177.4 Mpixels/sec | 744.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Photo processing | 44.4 images/sec | 250.8 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 12.8 Mpixels/sec | 46.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 189.7 pages/sec | 450.7 pages/sec |
General
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 5 7430U | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Codename | Zen 3 (Cezanne) | Apple M5 |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | ARMv9 |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon RX Vega 7 | Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) |
| Intel Equivalent | -Intel Core i5 1335U | — |
| Released | January 5, 2023 | March 3, 2026 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Vendor | Amd | Apple |
Memory Support
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 5 7430U | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| ECC Support | Yes | No |
| Max. Memory Size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 16 |
| Memory Types | - DDR4-3200- LPDDR4x-4267 | - LPDDR5X-9600 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | — | 307 GB/s |
Misc
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 5 7430U | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Official Site | AMD Ryzen 5 7430U official page | — |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | — |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | — |
Package
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 5 7430U | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Fabrication Process | 7 nm | 3 nm |
| Peak Temperature | 95°C | 100°C |
| Socket | FP6 | Apple M-Socket |
| TDP (PL1) | 15 W | — |
| Transistors | 10.7 billions | 28 billions |
PassMark
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 5 7430U | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Data compression | 179.8 MBytes/sec | 697.9 MBytes/sec |
| Data encryption | 11.4 GBytes/sec | 40.8 GBytes/sec |
| Extended instructions | 11.8B Matrices/sec | 33.3B Matrices/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 47M Primes/sec | 486M Primes/sec |
| Floating point math | 30.2 GOps/sec | 186.8 GOps/sec |
| Integer math | 55.2 GOps/sec | 132.7 GOps/sec |
| Physics | 714 Frames/sec | 5687 Frames/sec |
| Random string sorting | 18.8M Strings/sec | 85.6M Strings/sec |
Performance Per Watt
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 5 7430U | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Blender / Watt | 5.8 PPW | — |
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 29.5 PPW | — |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 437.2 PPW | — |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 1010.9 PPW | — |
iGPU
| Specification | AMD Ryzen 5 7430U | Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) |
|---|---|---|
| Execution Units | 7 | 320 |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | — |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1800 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Integrated Graphics | Radeon RX Vega 7 | Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) |
| ROPs | 8 | 80 |
| Shading Units | 448 | 2560 |
| TGP | 15 W | 28 W |
| TMUs | 28 | 160 |
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