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Intel Core i5 9500 vs Apple M5 (8-core GPU)

	CPU Intel Core i5 9500	CPU Apple M5 (8-core GPU)
General Parameters
Release Date	Apr 2019	Mar 2026
Manufacturer	Intel	Apple
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	ARMv9
Core Architecture	Coffee Lake	Apple M5
Processor Number	i5-9500
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 630	Apple M5 GPU (8-core)
Package
Manufacturing Process	14 nm	3 nm
Socket	LGA-1151	Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption	65 W	27 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	100 °C
Transistor Count		28 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	6	4
Performance Core Threads	6	4
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.0 GHz	4.61 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.4 GHz
Total Core Count	6	10
Total Thread Count	6	10
Bus Frequency	100 MHz
Multiplier	30x	46
L1 Cache	64 K per core	192 K per core
L2 Cache	256 K per core	16 MB shared
L3 Cache	9 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
Efficiency Cores		6
Efficiency Core Threads		6
Efficiency Core Base Frequency		3.0 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-2666	LPDDR5X-9600
Max Memory Size	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	41.6 GB/s	153 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	350 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1100 MHz	2005 MHz
Shader Units	192	1024
Texture Units	24	64
Raster Operation Units	3	32
Execution Units	24	128
Power Consumption	15 W
Max Resolution	4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	3.0
PCIe Lanes	16
Extended Instruction Set	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1128	2552
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	5952	15912
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1501	4251
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	5451	17501