Apple M5 Pro (15-Core) vs Intel Core i7 6700
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2026
Sep 2015
Manufacturer
Apple
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
ARMv9
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M5
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
Apple M5 Pro GPU (18-core)
HD Graphics 530
Processor Number
—
i7-6700
Package
Transistor Count
28 billions
—
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
14 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
LGA-1151
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
—
Power Consumption
—
65 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
5
4
Performance Core Threads
5
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.61 GHz
3.4 GHz
Efficiency Cores
10
—
Efficiency Core Threads
10
—
Total Core Count
15
4
Total Thread Count
15
8
Multiplier
46
34
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
—
4 GHz
Bus Frequency
—
100 MHz
L1 Cache
—
64 K per core
L2 Cache
—
256 K per core
L3 Cache
—
8 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-9600
DDR4-2133,DDR3L-1600
Max Memory Bandwidth
307 GB/s
34.1 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
—
1150 MHz
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
—
3.0
PCIe Lanes
—
16
Extended Instruction Set
—
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,569
1,063
Cinebench R23
22,591
4,841
Geekbench 6
4,283
1,388
Geekbench 6
23,517
4,622
Cinebench 2024
208
—
Cinebench 2024
1,623
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Geekbench 5
—
1,002
Geekbench 5
—
3,915
Blender
—
88
Passmark CPU
—
2,288
Passmark CPU
—
8,087
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.