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Intel Core i7 1260P vs Apple M5 (8-core GPU)

	CPU Intel Core i7 1260P	CPU Apple M5 (8-core GPU)
General Parameters
Release Date	Feb 2022	Mar 2026
Manufacturer	Intel	Apple
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	ARMv9
Core Architecture	Alder Lake-P	Apple M5
Processor Number	i7-1260P
Integrated Graphics	Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)	Apple M5 GPU (8-core)
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	3 nm
Socket	BGA-1744	Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption	28 W	27 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	100 °C
Transistor Count		28 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	4	4
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.1 GHz	4.61 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.7 GHz
Efficiency Cores	8	6
Total Core Count	12	10
Total Thread Count	16	10
Bus Frequency	100 MHz
Multiplier	21x	46
L1 Cache	80 K per core	192 K per core
L2 Cache	1280 K per core	16 MB shared
L3 Cache	18 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
Performance Core Threads		4
Efficiency Core Threads		6
Efficiency Core Base Frequency		3.0 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267	LPDDR5X-9600
Max Memory Size	64 GB
Max Memory Channels	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	153 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1400 MHz	2005 MHz
Shader Units	768	1024
Texture Units	48	64
Raster Operation Units	24	32
Execution Units	96	128
Power Consumption	15 W
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	4.0
PCIe Lanes	20
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1750	2552
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	9675	15912
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1519	4251
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	3229	17501