Product Compare
Intel Core i7 9700KF vs Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
| CPU | CPU | |
|---|---|---|
| General Parameters | ||
| Release Date | Jan 2019 | Mar 2026 |
| Manufacturer | Intel | Apple |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | ARMv9 |
| Core Architecture | Coffee Lake | Apple M5 |
| Processor Number | i7-9700KF | |
| Integrated Graphics | N/A | Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) |
| Package | ||
| Manufacturing Process | 14 nm | 3 nm |
| Socket | LGA-1151 | Apple M-Socket |
| Power Consumption | 95 W | |
| Peak Operating Temperature | 100 °C | 100 °C |
| Transistor Count | 28 billions | |
| CPU Performance | ||
| Performance Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Performance Core Threads | 8 | 6 |
| Performance Core Base Frequency | 3.6 GHz | 4.61 GHz |
| Performance Core Turbo Frequency | 4.9 GHz | |
| Total Core Count | 8 | 18 |
| Total Thread Count | 8 | 18 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | |
| Multiplier | 36x | 46 |
| L1 Cache | 64 K per core | |
| L2 Cache | 256 K per core | |
| L3 Cache | 12 MB shared | |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | No |
| Efficiency Cores | 12 | |
| Efficiency Core Threads | 12 | |
| Memory Parameters | ||
| Memory Types | DDR4-2666 | LPDDR5X-9600 |
| Max Memory Size | 128 GB | |
| Max Memory Channels | 2 | |
| Max Memory Bandwidth | 41.6 GB/s | 307 GB/s |
| ECC Memory Support | No | No |
| Miscellaneous | ||
| Official Website | Official Link ↗ | |
| PCIe Version | 3.0 | |
| PCIe Lanes | 16 | |
| Extended Instruction Set | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2 | |
| Graphics Card Parameters | ||
| Integrated Graphics | true | |
| Shader Units | 2560 | |
| Texture Units | 160 | |
| Raster Operation Units | 80 | |
| Execution Units | 320 | |
| Benchmarks | ||
| Cinebench R23 Single Core | 1234 | 2569 |
| Cinebench R23 Multi Core | 9090 | 24400 |
| Geekbench 6 Single Core | 1704 | 4290 |
| Geekbench 6 Multi Core | 7751 | 24687 |