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

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 7 8700G Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Efficiency 68.0 Average 98.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 72.0 Good 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 8700G Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Base Frequency (P) 4.2 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 42x 46x
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 6
Total Cores 8 18
Total Threads 16 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 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 8700G Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Background blur 65.4 images/sec 100.3 images/sec
Clang compilation 108.2 Klines/sec 262.5 Klines/sec
File compression 1440 MB/sec 2530 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 303.9 pages/sec 738.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 402.6 Mpixels/sec 744.9 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 108 images/sec 250.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 23.6 Mpixels/sec 46.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 272 pages/sec 450.7 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 8700G Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Codename Zen 4 (Phoenix) Apple M5
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
Released January 8, 2024 March 3, 2026
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 8700G 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 8700G Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 8700G 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 8700G 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 8700G Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Data compression 384 MBytes/sec 697.9 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 22.7 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 28.9B Matrices/sec 33.3B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 101M Primes/sec 486M Primes/sec
Floating point math 63.7 GOps/sec 186.8 GOps/sec
Integer math 102.7 GOps/sec 132.7 GOps/sec
Physics 1608 Frames/sec 5687 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 46M Strings/sec 85.6M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 8700G Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Blender / Watt 3.77 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 218.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 484.3 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 7 8700G Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Execution Units 12 320
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2900 MHz 1620 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon 780M Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
ROPs 32 80
Shading Units 768 2560
TGP 15 W 28 W
TMUs 48 160

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