Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) vs Intel Core 3 304

[ 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 3 304 (49/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Apple

Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)

97/100
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Intel Core 3 304
Intel

Intel Core 3 304

49/100
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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 3 304
Efficiency 98.0 Excellent WINNER 84.0 Very Good
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 68.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core 3 304
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz 1.4 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 1.5 GHz
E-Cores 12 4
E-Threads 12 4
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 15x
P-Cores 6 1
P-Threads 6 1
Total Cores 18 5
Total Threads 18 5
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 2560K (per core)
L3 Cache — 6MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 4.3 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core 3 304
Background blur 100.3 images/sec —
Clang compilation 262.5 Klines/sec —
File compression 2530 MB/sec —
HTML 5 Browser 738.1 pages/sec —
PDF Renderer 744.9 Mpixels/sec —
Photo processing 250.8 images/sec —
Ray tracing 46.5 Mpixels/sec —
Text processing 450.7 pages/sec —

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core 3 304
Codename Apple M5 Wildcat Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) Xe3 Graphics (1-Core)
Released March 3, 2026 April 16, 2026
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Apple Intel
Model number — 304

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core 3 304
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 307 GB/s 59.7 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 16 1
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - LPDDR5X-7467- DDR5-6400

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core 3 304
Fabrication Process 3 nm 2 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket FCBGA1516
Transistors 28 billions —
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 35 W
TDP (PL1) — 10-15 W (configurable)

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core 3 304
Data compression 697.9 MBytes/sec 114.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 8.5 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.3B Matrices/sec 9.7B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 486M Primes/sec 69M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.8 GOps/sec 30 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.7 GOps/sec 24.7 GOps/sec
Physics 5687 Frames/sec 874 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 85.6M Strings/sec 13.7M Strings/sec

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core 3 304
Execution Units 320 2
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 2300 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) Intel Xe3 Graphics (1-Core)
ROPs 80 4
Shading Units 2560 128
TGP 28 W —
TMUs 160 8
GPU Base Clock — 300 MHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core 3 304
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 550
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 109

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core 3 304
Official Site — Intel Core 3 304 official page
PCI Express Lanes — 6
PCI Express Version — 4.0

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core 3 304
Blender / Watt — 3.83 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt — 25.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt — 435.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt — 776.3 PPW

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