Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) vs Intel Core i7 8569U
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2026
May 2019
Manufacturer
Apple
Intel
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
ARMv9
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M5
Coffee Lake
Integrated Graphics
Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
Iris Plus Graphics 655
Processor Number
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i7-8569U
Package
Transistor Count
28 billions
—
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
14 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
BGA-1528
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100 °C
Power Consumption
—
28 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
4
Performance Core Threads
6
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.61 GHz
2.8 GHz
Efficiency Cores
12
—
Efficiency Core Threads
12
—
Total Core Count
18
4
Total Thread Count
18
8
Multiplier
46
28x
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
—
4.7 GHz
L1 Cache
—
32 K per core
L2 Cache
—
256 K per core
L3 Cache
—
8 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-9600
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Max Memory Bandwidth
307 GB/s
37.5 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Max Memory Size
—
32 GB
Max Memory Channels
—
2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
Shader Units
2560
384
Texture Units
160
48
Raster Operation Units
80
6
Execution Units
320
48
GPU Base Frequency
—
300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
1200 MHz
Power Consumption
—
15 W
Max Resolution
—
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
—
3.0
PCIe Lanes
—
16
Extended Instruction Set
—
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,569
1,110
Cinebench R23
24,400
4,727
Geekbench 6
4,290
876
Geekbench 6
24,687
3,285
Cinebench 2024
209
—
Cinebench 2024
1,732
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Geekbench 5
—
1,103
Geekbench 5
—
4,400
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.