Apple M5 Pro chip benchmarks in Geekbench show 141,000 Metal and 87,155 OpenCL scores, with 24-26% gains over M4 Pro but trailing Nvidia RTX 5060 in OpenCL.
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Benchmark results for Apple's upcoming M5 Pro chip have surfaced in the Geekbench database, revealing a significant performance boost over its predecessor. In Metal testing, the new chip scored approximately 141,000 points, while in OpenCL it reached around 87,155 points. Given that the M5 Pro features a 20-core GPU—half the size of the M5 Max—these figures align with expectations.
The base Apple M5 with 10-core graphics scores about 48,000 points in OpenCL, making the Pro version roughly 80% faster. Compared to the M4 Pro, the M5 Pro shows gains of about 24% in OpenCL and 26% in Metal, marking a substantial leap within a single generation.
However, in OpenCL, the M5 Pro falls behind Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU, which outperforms Apple's chip by approximately 13%. This comparison comes with a caveat: OpenCL is no longer a priority API for macOS, while Metal is exclusive to Apple devices, making direct comparisons somewhat conditional.
Real-world performance will depend on specific tasks and software. Independent tests in 3DMark and GFXBench have yet to be published, but it's already clear that the M5 Pro delivers a noticeable power increase over the previous generation, even if it trails Nvidia's solutions in certain synthetic benchmarks.