Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) vs Intel Core i5 11320H

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) (97/100)

Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Intel Core i5 11320H (39/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Pro (18-Core):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (98 vs 51)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 53)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Apple

Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)

97/100
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Intel Core i5 11320H
Intel

Intel Core i5 11320H

39/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 11320H
Efficiency 98.0 Excellent WINNER 51.0 Below Average
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 53.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 11320H
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz —
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 2.5-3.2 GHz
E-Cores 12 —
E-Threads 12 —
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 96K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 25-32x
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 6 8
Total Cores 18 4
Total Threads 18 8
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Bandwidth — 4 GT/s
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache — 8MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 4.5 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 11320H
Background blur 100.3 images/sec 25 images/sec
Clang compilation 262.5 Klines/sec 32.2 Klines/sec
File compression 2530 MB/sec 692.7 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 738.1 pages/sec 127.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 744.9 Mpixels/sec 153.6 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 250.8 images/sec 69.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 46.5 Mpixels/sec 5.86 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 450.7 pages/sec 181.9 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 11320H
Codename Apple M5 Tiger Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
Released March 3, 2026 June 21, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Apple Intel
Model number — i7-11320H

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 11320H
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 307 GB/s —
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 16 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR4-3200- LPDDR4X-4267

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 11320H
Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket BGA-1449
Transistors 28 billions —
TDP (PL1) — 28-35 W (configurable)

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 11320H
Data compression 697.9 MBytes/sec 122.4 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 6.2 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.3B Matrices/sec 8.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 486M Primes/sec 39M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.8 GOps/sec 21.4 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.7 GOps/sec 36.2 GOps/sec
Physics 5687 Frames/sec 633 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 85.6M Strings/sec 14.5M Strings/sec

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 11320H
Execution Units 320 96
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1350 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
ROPs 80 24
Shading Units 2560 768
TGP 28 W 15 W
TMUs 160 48
GPU Base Clock — 300 MHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 11320H
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 1227
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 561

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 11320H
Official Site — Intel Core i5 11320H official page
PCI Express Lanes — 20
PCI Express Version — 4.0

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 11320H
Blender / Watt — 1.92 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt — 9.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt — 164.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt — 307.8 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 11320H
Date — Benchmark
📘 2026-06-03(Nooob) — GeekBench
📘 2026-07-05(Sheldon) — Cinebench 2026

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