Apple · ARM64
Apple M5: specs, benchmarks and comparison
Apple Silicon system on a chip. CPU: 10 cores. Integrated graphics: 8 / 10 cores. Unified memory: up to 32 GB.
- 10 cores
- Render rank
- 39 of 89
- among models tested in Blender Benchmark 4.5.0 · 38% of the leader
- Release
- 2025
Performance
Rank among models tested in the same benchmark on the same render backend.
Blender Benchmark 4.5.0
CPU, sum of scenes monster + junkshop + classroom
276 samples/min
higher is better
Rank 39 of 89 tested38% of the leader
276
0200400600800
Nearest models in this benchmark
Median of 42 runs · Blender Open Data (Blender Foundation) · November 14, 2026
Other benchmark versions (7)
| Benchmark | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Blender Benchmark 5.3.0 | 246 samples/min · small sample | — |
| Blender Benchmark 5.2.0 | 242 samples/min | 34 of 49 |
| Blender Benchmark 5.1.1 | 250 samples/min | 26 of 39 |
| Blender Benchmark 5.1.0 | 248 samples/min | 17 of 22 |
| Blender Benchmark 5.0.0 | 248 samples/min · small sample | — |
| Blender Benchmark 4.3.0 | 248 samples/min · small sample | — |
| Blender Benchmark 4.2.0 | 226 samples/min · small sample | — |
Each benchmark version has its own scale; results from different versions are not compared.
Specifications
Cores and clocks
- Cores
- 10 (4P + 6E)
Platform
- Process node
- 3 nm
Memory and interfaces
- Memory type
- Unified memory
- Max memory capacity
- 32 GB
- Integrated graphics
- Apple M5 (8 / 10-core GPU)
CPU variants: 10 cores. The median for the line includes different CPU configurations if the chip has several variants. Memory capacity depends on the Mac configuration.
Specifications: Apple, checked November 14, 2026.