Intel Core Ultra 7 255H vs Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core Ultra 7 255H, vs Apple M5 Pro (15-Core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core Ultra 7 255H and Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
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)
Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
2009
Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
18689
Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
125
Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
208
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
1028
Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
1982
PassMark
Integer Mathn/a111.7 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a158.5 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a479 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a71.8 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a34.1 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a593.7 MB/s
Physicsn/a5502 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a273 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
2725
Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
15123
Apple M5 Pro (15-Core)
n/a
File Compression1270 MB/s2370 MB/s
Clang Compilation103.2 KLines/s222.4 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser399 pages/s672.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering443.6 MP/sec667.2 MP/sec
Text Processing283.7 pages/s436.8 pages/s
Background Blur62.4 frames/s98.7 frames/s
Photo Processing144.8 frames/s238.6 frames/s
Ray Tracing24 MP/sec39.7 MP/sec

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 540.1 PPW n/a
Cinebench 2024 / W 36.7 PPW n/a

General Info

Manufacturer Intel Apple
Announced January, 6, 2025 March, 3, 2026
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Arrow Lake Apple M5
Model number 255H n/a
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140T Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 5
Threads 6 5
Frequency 2.0 GHz 4.61 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.1 GHz n/a
Efficiency cores
Cores1010
Threads1010
Frequency1.5 GHz4.38 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)4.4 GHzn/a
General
Cores count1615
Threads count1615
Bus frequency100 MHzn/a
Multiplier20x46x
L1 cache112 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache2000 KB/coren/a
L3 Cache24 MB totaln/a
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count n/a 28 billion
Process tech. 3 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 20-28 W n/a
Max TDP (Boost) 115 W n/a
Socket FCBGA-2049 Apple M-Socket
Critical temp. 110 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400
LPDDR5X-9600
Max Size 128 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 4
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 307 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 n/a
Max PCIe Lanes 28 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M5 Pro (15-Core) the clear winner in this comparison.

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