AMD EPYC 4545P
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Apple M5 Ultra 36 Cores

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CPU Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of AMD EPYC 4545P and Apple M5 Ultra 36 Cores processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Memory Type: DDR5 (DDR5 vs Unified memory)
  • More Total Cores: 36 (16 vs 36)
  • Newer Launch Date: August 2026 (May 2025 vs August 2026)

Basic

AMD
Label Name
Apple
May 2025
Launch Date
August 2026
Server
Platform
Desktop
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CPU Architecture
Apple M5
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CPU Name
Apple M5 Ultra
EPYC 4545P
Model Name
Apple M5 Ultra 36 Cores
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Generation
M5

CPU Specifications

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Interconnect Bandwidth
Over 4.4 TB/s
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Interconnect Technology
UltraFusion quad-die architecture
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Super-core Max Frequency
4.61 GHz
16
Total Cores
Cores is a hardware term that describes the number of independent central processing units in a single computing component (die or chip).
36
32
Total Threads
36
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Performance-cores
24
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Super-cores
12
3 GHz
Basic Frequency
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Up to 5.4 GHz
Max Turbo Frequency
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64 MB
L3 Cache
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AM5
CPU Socket
The socket is the component that provides the mechanical and electrical connections between the processor and motherboard.
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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.
3 nm
65W
TDP
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PCIe® 5.0 x28
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.
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Memory Specifications

DDR5
Memory Type
Unified memory
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Max Memory Size
Max memory size refers to the maximum memory capacity supported by the processor.
512 GB
2
Memory Channels
The number of memory channels refers to the bandwidth operation for real world application.
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Up to 5600 MT/s
Bus Speed
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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).
1.2 TB/s

GPU Specifications

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External Display Standard
DisplayPort 2.1, HDMI 2.1
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GPU Name
Apple M5 Ultra 80-core GPU
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Hardware-accelerated ray tracing
Supported
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Max External Display Resolution
Up to 8K at 60Hz
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Video Concurrency
Up to 33 streams of 8K ProRes 422 at 30 fps
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Video Decode
H.264, HEVC, ProRes, ProRes RAW, AV1
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Video Encode
H.264, HEVC, ProRes, ProRes RAW
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Graphics Core Count
80
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Max Resolution
Up to 8K at 60Hz
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Number of Displays Supported
8
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GPU APIs
Metal
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Media Engine
Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW; AV1 decode
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Video Decode Engines
2
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Video Encode Engines
4
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ProRes Encode/Decode Engines
4

AI Specifications

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AI Engine
Apple Neural Engine with Neural Accelerators in each GPU core
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Neural Engine Core Count
32
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NPU Name
32-core Neural Engine

Interfaces and Ports

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Thunderbolt Support
Thunderbolt 5
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USB4 Support
Supported
28 from CPU. Up to 44 with Chipset
PCIe Lanes
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Miscellaneous

Official Website
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Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
EPYC 4545P
3285
Apple M5 Ultra 36 Cores
4337 +32%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
EPYC 4545P
13929
Apple M5 Ultra 36 Cores
38432 +176%
Geekbench 7 Single Core
EPYC 4545P
3015
Apple M5 Ultra 36 Cores
3761 +25%
Geekbench 7 Multi Core
EPYC 4545P
21762
Apple M5 Ultra 36 Cores
52126 +140%
Passmark CPU Single Core
EPYC 4545P
4598
Apple M5 Ultra 36 Cores
6341 +38%
Passmark CPU Multi Core
EPYC 4545P
55622
Apple M5 Ultra 36 Cores
87327 +57%