Apple M4 Pro (14-Core) vs Intel Core i5 7500

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 Pro (14-Core), vs Intel Core i5 7500. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 Pro (14-Core) and Intel Core i5 7500
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
2269
Intel Core i5 7500
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
23435
Intel Core i5 7500
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
174
Intel Core i5 7500
n/a
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
1729
Intel Core i5 7500
n/a
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
4584
Intel Core i5 7500
2256
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
38339
Intel Core i5 7500
6025
Integer Math84.6 GOps/s15.8 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math86.2 GOps/s13.2 GOps/s
Prime Number Search533 M primes/s29 M primes/s
Random String Sort55.8 M strings/s10.1 M strings/s
Data Encryption23.2 GB/s1.8 GB/s
Data Compression493 MB/s83.3 MB/s
Physics5216 frames/s472 frames/s
Extended Instructions261 M matrices/s69 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
3899
Intel Core i5 7500
1299
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
22639
Intel Core i5 7500
3762
File Compression2250 MB/s339.3 MB/s
Clang Compilation187.5 KLines/s24.9 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser586.6 pages/s92.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering624.4 MP/sec120.7 MP/sec
Text Processing367.3 pages/s121.4 pages/s
Background Blur86.9 frames/s23.7 frames/s
Photo Processing200.3 frames/s43.7 frames/s
Ray Tracing30.5 MP/sec4.33 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
n/a
Intel Core i5 7500
48.69

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 492.2 PPW 57.9 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 833.5 PPW 92.7 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 37.6 PPW 3.4 PPW
Blender / W n/a 0.75 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Apple Intel
Announced October, 29, 2024 January, 3, 2017
Type Laptop use PC use
Architecture ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Apple M4 Kaby Lake
Model number n/a i5-7500
Integrated GPU Apple M4 GPU (20-core) HD Graphics 630

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 10 4
Threads 10 4
Frequency 4.52 GHz 3.4 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) n/a 3.8 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores4n/a
Threads4n/a
Frequency2.59 GHzn/a
General
Cores count144
Threads count144
Bus frequencyn/a100 MHz
Bandwidthn/a8 GT/s
Multiplier45x34x
L1 cache192 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache16 KB/core256 KB/core
L3 Cachen/a6 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 3 nm 14 nm
Power (TDP) 46 W 65 W
Socket Apple M-Socket LGA-1151
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR5X-8533 - DDR4-2400
- DDR3L-1600
Max Size 64 GB 64 GB
Channels 4 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth 273 GB 35.76 GB

Other

PCIe Version n/a 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes n/a 16
Channels n/a 41422

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M4 Pro (14-Core) the clear winner in this comparison.

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