AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 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 AI 9 HX 375 (73/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Pro (18-Core):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (98 vs 76)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 80)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
AMD

AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375

73/100
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[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Apple

Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)

97/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Efficiency 76.0 Good 98.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 80.0 Very Good 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Base Frequency (E) 2.0 GHz 4.38 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 2.0 GHz 4.61 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz —
E-Cores 8 12
E-Threads 16 12
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) —
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) —
Multiplier 20x 46x
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 6
Total Cores 12 18
Total Threads 24 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz —
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz —
Unlocked Multiplier No No

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Background blur 74.1 images/sec 100.3 images/sec
Clang compilation 131.2 Klines/sec 262.5 Klines/sec
File compression 1270 MB/sec 2530 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 304 pages/sec 738.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 480.8 Mpixels/sec 744.9 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 135.3 images/sec 250.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 32.6 Mpixels/sec 46.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 316.2 pages/sec 450.7 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Codename Zen 5 (Strix Point) Apple M5
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU Radeon 890M Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core i9 14900HX —
Model number 375 —
Released July 24, 2024 March 3, 2026
Successor -AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475 —
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Amd Apple

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 16
Memory Types - DDR5-5600- LPDDR5X-8000 - LPDDR5X-9600
Max. Memory Bandwidth — 307 GB/s

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Official Site AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 official page —
PCI Express Lanes 16 —
PCI Express Version 4.0 —
Technologies - Memory: AMD EXPO- Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA, XDNA2- Performance: Precision Boost 2, Precision Boost OD, SMT- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, NX-Bit, SMAP, SMEP —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Fabrication Process 4 nm 3 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket FP8 Apple M-Socket
TDP (PL1) 15-54 W (configurable) —
Transistors — 28 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Data compression 446.6 MBytes/sec 697.9 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 22.3 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 32B Matrices/sec 33.3B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 129M Primes/sec 486M Primes/sec
Floating point math 78.3 GOps/sec 186.8 GOps/sec
Integer math 124.4 GOps/sec 132.7 GOps/sec
Physics 1911 Frames/sec 5687 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 48.5M Strings/sec 85.6M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 23.6 PPW —
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 300.7 PPW —
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 654.5 PPW —

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Date Benchmark —
📘 2025-10-31(DavidchoGamer84) Cinebench 2024 —

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Execution Units 16 320
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz —
GPU Boost Clock 2900 MHz 1620 MHz
Integrated Graphics AMD Radeon 890M Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
ROPs 32 80
Shading Units 1024 2560
TGP 15 W 28 W
TMUs 64 160

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