Leaked Apple M5 9 core Geekbench scores

Re:Leaked Apple M5 9 core Geekbench scores by AtlasBarfed on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @11:15PM (#45433935)

Are these cores getting way more complex? Because there should be room for 2x - 3x as many cores with die shrinks at this point.

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Re:Leaked Apple M5 9 core Geekbench scores by astrange on Wednesday October 01, 2025 @01:47AM (#45434667)

If you get more space, you need a really good reason not to use that space on more cache.

Also, the size numbers are lies and aren't the actual size of anything.

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Re:Leaked Apple M5 9 core Geekbench scores by zamadatix on Wednesday October 01, 2025 @12:22PM (#45439619)

The die shrinks are less than the marketing numbers would make you believe, but the cores are getting significantly more complex. I think E cores had a 50% cache increase this generation, as an example.

The above summary also excludes the GPU, which seems to have gotten the most attention this generation (~+30%, even more in AI workloads).

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