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Apple M5 (8-core GPU) vs Intel Core i5 1235U

	CPU Apple M5 (8-core GPU)	CPU Intel Core i5 1235U
General Parameters
Release Date	Mar 2026	Feb 2022
Manufacturer	Apple	Intel
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Instruction Set	ARMv9	x86-64
Core Architecture	Apple M5	Alder Lake-U
Integrated Graphics	Apple M5 GPU (8-core)	Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Processor Number		i5-1235U
Package
Transistor Count	28 billions
Manufacturing Process	3 nm	10 nm
Socket	Apple M-Socket	BGA-1744
Power Consumption	27 W	15 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	4	2
Performance Core Threads	4
Performance Core Base Frequency	4.61 GHz	1.3 GHz
Efficiency Cores	6	8
Efficiency Core Threads	6
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	3.0 GHz
Total Core Count	10	10
Total Thread Count	10	12
Multiplier	46	13x
L1 Cache	192 K per core	80 K per core
L2 Cache	16 MB shared	1280 K per core
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
Performance Core Turbo Frequency		4.4 GHz
Bus Frequency		100 MHz
L3 Cache		12 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	LPDDR5X-9600	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Max Memory Bandwidth	153 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Max Memory Size		64 GB
Max Memory Channels		2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	2005 MHz	1200 MHz
Shader Units	1024	640
Texture Units	64	40
Raster Operation Units	32	20
Execution Units	128	80
GPU Base Frequency		300 MHz
Power Consumption		15 W
Miscellaneous
Official Website		Official Link ↗
PCIe Version		4.0
PCIe Lanes		20
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	2552	1652
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	15912	6599
Geekbench 6 Single Core	4251	2123
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	17501	6631