M5 Pro Is Just A Hairline Slower Than The M5 Max & M3 Ultra In New Multi-Core Comparison, Beats M4 Max To Become Apple’s ‘Price To Performance’ SoC

Apple’s M5 Max delivered some decent performance gains over the M4 Max in Geekbench 6’s single-core and multi-core results, with the most impressive feat for the 18-core CPU configuration being that it beat the top-end M3 Ultra in both tests. Now, it is time to look at the technology giant’s ‘middle of the pack’ SoC, the M5 Pro, and according to the latest single-threaded and multi-threaded benchmarks, it nearly matches its powerful brother while trading blows with Apple’s current-generation workstation-class SoC. In short, the company has made an M4 Pro on steroids.

Thanks to Apple’s new Fusion Architecture, the M5 Pro packs as many super and performance cores as the M5 Max, allowing it to comfortably beat or compete with older chipsets

A new MacBook Pro sporting the unique identifier Mac17,9 was spotted on Geekbench 6, with the 18-core CPU and 48GB unified RAM configuration obtaining a single-core and multi-core score of 4,242 and 28,111, respectively. Based on the latest results, the M5 Max is barely faster in both categories, meaning that customers who don’t want to spend a ridiculous amount of money getting the top-tier MacBook Pro can opt for the M5 Pro and get a ton of savings.

We’ve also included the M4 Max and M3 Ultra results from the previous benchmark comparison, with the M5 Pro comfortably beating the M4 Max in both single-core and multi-core tests, though the M3 Ultra managed to surpass the SoC by the skin of its teeth in a single result. Looking at the results below, competing chips, including Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme, are going to have a field day because Apple has brought forward some truly impressive chipsets.

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M5 Pro (18-core CPU)

• Single-core score - 4,242
• Multi-core score - 28,111

M5 Max (18-core CPU)

• Single-core score - 4,268 (M5 Max is 0.6 percent faster)
• Multi-core score - 29,233 (M5 Max is 4 percent faster)

M4 Max (16-core CPU)

• Single-core score - 4,049
• Multi-core score - 26,509

M3 Ultra (32-core CPU)

• Single-core score - 3,247
• Multi-core score - 28,169

With Amazon taking pre-orders for the M5 Pro MacBook Pro models, these machines start from $2,199, giving you a 15-core CPU, 16-core GPU, 24GB of unified memory, and a 1TB SSD. If you want the 18-core CPU variant, the configuration is listed for $2,799, which might be on the expensive side, but it is much more affordable than the base M5 Max MacBook Pro’s $3,899 price.

News Source: Geekbench 6

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