Apple M5 Pro (15-Core) vs Intel Core i7 1280P
CPU Specs Compare
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-P
Integrated Graphics
Apple M5 Pro GPU (18-core)
Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Processor Number
-
i7-1280P
Package
Transistor Count
28 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
10 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
BGA-1744
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100 °C
Power Consumption
-
20-28 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
5
6
Performance Core Threads
5
-
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.61 GHz
1.8 GHz
Efficiency Cores
10
8
Efficiency Core Threads
10
-
Total Core Count
15
14
Total Thread Count
15
20
Multiplier
46
18x
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
4.8 GHz
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
L1 Cache
-
80 K per core
L2 Cache
-
1280 K per core
L3 Cache
-
24 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-9600
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Max Memory Bandwidth
307 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 Base Frequency
-
300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
1450 MHz
Shader Units
-
768
Texture Units
-
48
Raster Operation Units
-
24
Execution Units
-
96
Power Consumption
-
15 W
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,569
-
Cinebench R23
22,591
-
Geekbench 6
4,283
2,168
Geekbench 6
23,517
10,563
Cinebench 2024
208
-
Cinebench 2024
1,623
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