AMD Ryzen 7 8700F 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 7 8700F (62/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Pro (18-Core):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (98 vs 69)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 74)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 7 8700F Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Efficiency 69.0 Average 98.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 74.0 Good 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 8700F Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Base Frequency (P) 4.1 GHz 4.61 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz —
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) —
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) —
Multiplier 41x 46x
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 6
Total Cores 8 18
Total Threads 16 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz —
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Base Frequency (E) — 4.38 GHz
E-Cores — 12
E-Threads — 12

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 8700F Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Background blur 67.1 images/sec 100.3 images/sec
Clang compilation 107.4 Klines/sec 262.5 Klines/sec
File compression 1450 MB/sec 2530 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 288.9 pages/sec 738.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 406.9 Mpixels/sec 744.9 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 112.9 images/sec 250.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 24 Mpixels/sec 46.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 283.4 pages/sec 450.7 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 8700F Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Codename Zen 4 (Phoenix) Apple M5
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU No Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core i7 14700F —
Model number 8700F —
Released May 14, 2024 March 3, 2026
Successor -AMD Ryzen 7 9700F —
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 8700F Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 16
Memory Types - DDR5-5200 - LPDDR5X-9600
Max. Memory Bandwidth — 307 GB/s

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 8700F Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 8700F official page —
PCI Express Lanes 20 —
PCI Express Version 4.0 —
Technologies - Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA, XDNA2- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, NX-Bit, SMAP, SMEP —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 8700F Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Fabrication Process 4 nm 3 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 88 W —
Peak Temperature 95°C 100°C
Socket AM5 Apple M-Socket
TDP (PL1) 45-65 W (configurable) —
Transistors 25 billions 28 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 8700F Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Data compression 378.2 MBytes/sec 697.9 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 22.1 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 28.5B Matrices/sec 33.3B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 98M Primes/sec 486M Primes/sec
Floating point math 62.6 GOps/sec 186.8 GOps/sec
Integer math 100.4 GOps/sec 132.7 GOps/sec
Physics 1549 Frames/sec 5687 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 45.4M Strings/sec 85.6M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 8700F Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Blender / Watt 3.52 PPW —
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 14.6 PPW —
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 220.2 PPW —
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 475.1 PPW —

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 8700F Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Date Benchmark —
📘 2025-11-27(PanoS) Cinebench 2024 —

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 8700F Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Execution Units — 320
GPU Boost Clock — 1620 MHz
Integrated Graphics — Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
ROPs — 80
Shading Units — 2560
TGP — 28 W
TMUs — 160

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