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M5 chip achieves impressive feat in 14-inch MacBook Pro speed test

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


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 scored 4,263 for single-core CPU performance, which is the highest single-core score which has never 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 processor, 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, while the multi-core score refers to the maximum performance achieved by all 10 CPU cores combined.

A chip’s multi-core score reflects the processor’s peak performance for multi-threaded tasks, but single-core performance remains important for certain games and applications, 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 the Geekbench 6 results available so far.


When it comes to multi-core performance, the M5 chip in the 14-inch MacBook Pro scored 17,862 in the result alone, making it up to 20% faster than the M4 chip in the previous generation 14-inch MacBook Pro. The standard M5 chip is faster than M3 Pro chipAnd almost on par with the M1 Ultra chip.

A selection of multi-core partitions 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 for pre-order now and launches on Wednesday.

High-end 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro models powered by M5 Pro and M5 Max chips are expected to launch in early 2026, but the standard M5 chip is clearly no slouch.

James Walker

James Walker – Technology Correspondent Writes about AI, Apple, Google, and emerging innovations.

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