Apple M5 Pro (15-Core) vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
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Compared 2 processors: Apple M5 Pro (15-Core), vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285K. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Review
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
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonBenchmarks
| Integer Math | 111.7 GOps/s | 174.1 GOps/s |
| Floating-Point Math | 158.5 GOps/s | 227 GOps/s |
| Prime Number Search | 479 M primes/s | 549 M primes/s |
| Random String Sort | 71.8 M strings/s | 96.3 M strings/s |
| Data Encryption | 34.1 GB/s | 58.6 GB/s |
| Data Compression | 593.7 MB/s | 799.2 MB/s |
| Physics | 5502 frames/s | 4081 frames/s |
| Extended Instructions | 273 M matrices/s | 626 M matrices/s |
| File Compression | 2370 MB/s | 1560 MB/s |
| Clang Compilation | 222.4 KLines/s | 242.2 KLines/s |
| HTML5 Browser | 672.6 pages/s | 479.5 pages/s |
| PDF Rendering | 667.2 MP/sec | 622.1 MP/sec |
| Text Processing | 436.8 pages/s | 371.2 pages/s |
| Background Blur | 98.7 frames/s | 95.4 frames/s |
| Photo Processing | 238.6 frames/s | 164.2 frames/s |
| Ray Tracing | 39.7 MP/sec | 52.3 MP/sec |
Blender
Performance/Watt
| Geekbench 6 Multi / W | n/a | 184.8 PPW |
| PassMark CPU / W | n/a | 544.3 PPW |
| Cinebench 2024 / W | n/a | 18.9 PPW |
| Blender / W | n/a | 4.47 PPW |
General Info
| Manufacturer | Apple | Intel |
| Announced | March, 3, 2026 | October, 11, 2024 |
| Type | Laptop use | PC use |
| Architecture | ARMv9 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M5 | Arrow Lake |
| Model number | n/a | 285K |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core) | Arc iGPU (4-Cores) |
Processor
| Cores | 5 | 8 |
| Threads | 5 | 8 |
| Frequency | 4.61 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Max Frequency (Turbo) | n/a | 5.5 GHz |
| Cores | 10 | 16 |
| Threads | 10 | 16 |
| Frequency | 4.38 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Max Frequency (Turbo) | n/a | 4.6 GHz |
| Cores count | 15 | 24 |
| Threads count | 15 | 24 |
| Bus frequency | n/a | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 46x | 37x |
| L1 cache | 192 KB/core | 112 KB/core |
| L2 cache | n/a | 3000 KB/core |
| L3 Cache | n/a | 36 MB total |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | Yes |
Package
| Transistor count | 28 billion | n/a |
| Process tech. | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| Power (TDP) | n/a | 125 W |
| Max TDP (Boost) | n/a | 250 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | FCLGA-1851 |
| Critical temp. | 100 °C | 105 °C |
Memory Support
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X-9600 | DDR5-6400 |
| Max Size | 64 GB | 192 GB |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| ECC support | No | Yes |
| Max memory bandwidth | 307 GB | n/a |
Other
| PCIe Version | n/a | 5.0 |
| Max PCIe Lanes | n/a | 24 |
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