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Apple M5 10 Cores

vs

AMD Ryzen AI 7 350

CPU Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple M5 10 Cores and AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

Apple M5 10 Cores

More Total Cores: 10 (10 vs 8)
Higher Technology: Third-generation 3 nm (Third-generation 3 nm vs TSMC 4nm FinFET)
Newer Launch Date: October 2025 (October 2025 vs February 2025)

AMD Ryzen AI 7 350

Higher Max Turbo Frequency: Up to 5 GHz (4.61 GHz vs Up to 5 GHz)

Basic

Apple

Label Name

AMD

October 2025

Launch Date

February 2025

Laptop

Platform

Laptop

Apple custom ARM architecture

CPU Architecture

Apple M5

CPU Name

Apple M5 10-Core

Model Name

Ryzen AI 7 350

Code Name

Krackan Point

TSMC N3P

Foundry

Generation

4x Zen 5, 4x Zen 5c

OS Support

Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

CPU Specifications

Total Cores

Cores is a hardware term that describes the number of independent central processing units in a single computing component (die or chip).

Total Threads

Performance-cores

Efficient-cores

Basic Frequency

2 GHz

4.61 GHz

Max Turbo Frequency

Up to 5 GHz

3.05 GHz

Efficient-core Max Turbo Frequency

4.61 GHz

Performance-core Max Turbo Frequency

L2 Cache

8 MB

L3 Cache

16 MB

CPU Socket

The socket is the component that provides the mechanical and electrical connections between the processor and motherboard.

FP8

Third-generation 3 nm

Technology

Lithography refers to the semiconductor technology used to manufacture an integrated circuit, and is reported in nanometer (nm), indicative of the size of features built on the semiconductor.

TSMC 4nm FinFET

TDP

28W

Max. Operating Temperature

Junction Temperature is the maximum temperature allowed at the processor die.

100°C

PCI Express Version

PCI Express Revision is the supported version of the PCI Express standard. Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (or PCIe) is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard for attaching hardware devices to a computer. The different PCI Express versions support different data rates.

PCIe® 4.0

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X unified memory

Memory Type

DDR5 (FP8), LPDDR5X (FP8)

32 GB

Max Memory Size

Max memory size refers to the maximum memory capacity supported by the processor.

256 GB

Memory Channels

The number of memory channels refers to the bandwidth operation for real world application.

153 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

Max Memory bandwidth is the maximum rate at which data can be read from or stored into a semiconductor memory by the processor (in GB/s).

9600 MT/s

Maximum Memory Speed

4x2R LPDDR5x-8000, DDR5-5600

ECC Memory Support

ECC Memory Supported indicates processor support for Error-Correcting Code memory. ECC memory is a type of system memory that can detect and correct common kinds of internal data corruption. Note that ECC memory support requires both processor and chipset support.

GPU Specifications

Thunderbolt / DisplayPort over USB-C; HDMI

External Display Standard

Apple M5 10-core GPU

GPU Name

Supported

Hardware-accelerated ray tracing

Up to two external displays: two 6K at 60Hz or 4K at 144Hz; or one 8K at 60Hz, 5K at 120Hz or 4K at 240Hz

Max External Display Resolution

H.264, HEVC, ProRes, ProRes RAW, AV1; hardware-accelerated; frame rate not disclosed

Video Decode

H.264, HEVC, ProRes, ProRes RAW; hardware-accelerated; frame rate not disclosed

Video Encode

Integrated Graphics Model

An integrated GPU refers to the graphics core that is integrated into the CPU processor. Leveraging the processor's powerful computational capabilities and intelligent power efficiency management, it delivers outstanding graphics performance and a smooth application experience at a lower power consumption.

AMD Radeon™ 860M

Graphics Core Count

Graphics Frequency

3000 MHz

Up to 8K at 60Hz or 4K at 240Hz

Max Resolution

Metal

GPU APIs

Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW; AV1 decode

Media Engine

Video Decode Engines

Video Encode Engines