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M5 Chip Achieves Impressive Feat in 14-Inch MacBook Pro Speed Test

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The first alleged benchmark result for the M5 chip in the new 14-inch MacBook Pro has surfaced, allowing for some performance comparisons.

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Based on a single unconfirmed result uploaded to the Geekbench 6 database today, the M5 chip has pulled off an impressive feat. Specifically, the chip achieved a score of 4,263 for single-core CPU performance, which is the highest single-core score that has ever been recorded in the Geekbench 6 database for any Mac or PC processor.

In the 14-inch MacBook Pro, the M5 chip has a 10-core CPU, with four performance cores and six efficiency cores. The single-core score on Geekbench 6 refers to the performance achieved by just one of the performance cores, whereas the multi-core score refers to the maximum performance achieved by all 10 of the CPU cores combined.

A chip's multi-core score reflects the maximum CPU performance for multi-threaded tasks, but single-core performance remains important for certain games and apps, and it plays a key role in overall system responsiveness and snappiness.

The top five single-core scores for Mac and PC processors in the Geekbench 6 database:

  • M5 (14-inch MacBook Pro): 4,263
  • M4 Max (16-inch MacBook Pro): 3,914
  • M4 Pro (16-inch MacBook Pro): 3,871
  • M4 (Mac mini): 3,784
  • AMD Ryzen 9950X3D: 3,399
Unsurprisingly, the M5 chip in the new iPad Pro achieved a similar single-core score of 4,175, based on Geekbench 6 results available so far.

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As for multi-core performance, the M5 chip in the 14-inch MacBook Pro achieved a score of 17,862 in the single result, which makes it up to 20% faster than the M4 chip in the previous-generation 14-inch MacBook Pro. The standard M5 chip is faster than the M3 Pro chip, and nearly on par with the M1 Ultra chip.

A selection of multi-core scores for Mac chips:

  • M4 Max (16-inch MacBook Pro): 25,645
  • M1 Ultra (Mac Studio): 18,405
  • M5 (14-inch MacBook Pro): 17,862
  • M3 Pro (14-inch MacBook Pro): 15,257
  • M4 (14-inch MacBook Pro): 14,726
The new 14-inch MacBook Pro is available to pre-order now, and it launches on Wednesday.

Higher-end 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips are rumored to launch in early 2026, but the regular M5 chip is clearly no slouch.

Article Link: M5 Chip Achieves Impressive Feat in 14-Inch MacBook Pro Speed Test
 
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Nom4d said:
Yes to be honest I just read the title. Sorry article writer. 😊
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To be honest, I don't even think you read the title as it only says an "impressive feat" not that the M5 is faster than the M4, which to be honest again, isn't impressive -- it's actually expected! :D
 
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There are actually more results than just this, including GPU and AI results.

Metal GPU: 76727 vs ~56989 for M4 (just picked a random representative result)
CoreML GPU: 13172 (single precision), 24682 (half precision), 23672 (quantized) vs 8408, 10078, 9166 for M4

Very nice improvements!

Mac17,2 - Geekbench

Benchmark results for a Mac17,2 with an Apple M5 processor.
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Mac17,2 - Geekbench

Benchmark results for a Mac17,2 with an Apple M5 processor.
browser.geekbench.com browser.geekbench.com
 
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Adreitz said:
There are actually more results than just this, including GPU and AI results.

Metal GPU: 76727 vs ~56989 for M4 (just picked a random representative result)
CoreML AI: 13172 (single precision), 24682 (half precision), 23672 (quantized) vs 8408, 10078, 9166 for M4

Very nice improvements!

Mac17,2 - Geekbench

Benchmark results for a Mac17,2 with an Apple M5 processor.
browser.geekbench.com browser.geekbench.com

Mac17,2 - Geekbench

Benchmark results for a Mac17,2 with an Apple M5 processor.
browser.geekbench.com browser.geekbench.com
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Yes, the Gpu improvements are impressive, the gpu core is top notch
 
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As for multi-core performance, the M5 chip in the 14-inch MacBook Pro achieved a score of 17,862 in the single result, which makes it up to 20% faster than the M4 chip in the previous-generation 14-inch MacBook Pro. The standard M5 chip is faster than the M3 Pro chip, and nearly on par with the M1 Ultra chip.
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So, that misses the interesting one which is the M4 Pro which (according to geekbench.com) is ~23000 for multicore.

Interesting because the regular M5 14" MBP and M4 Pro MBP are going to be in competition for a while. Given that not every workflow takes full advantage of multicore, its sounding like the 14" M4 Pro MBP is going to be a lame duck - unless you absolutely need the extra RAM and TB5 - until the M5 Pro comes out.

Y'know it would be nice if Apple could get their ducks in a line just once and have everything up to date on the latest processor family...
 
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As someone who welcomed the Intel transition back in the day, I had more trepidation about the M-series change a few years ago, and I was wrong. I love my current M3 MBP, it’s still blazing fast for the work I do with it (a wide, but not very deep gamut of everything from Word to FCP editing, sound mastering and some gaming). Seems like when I’m ready to get a new MBP in a few years, this experience will only be validated even more. Gotta say Kudos where Kudos are due.
 
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