Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) vs Intel Core i5 12450HX

[ 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 12450HX (45/100), 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 i5 12450HX
Intel

Intel Core i5 12450HX

45/100
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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 12450HX
Efficiency 98.0 Excellent WINNER 52.0 Below Average
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 60.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 12450HX
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz 1.8 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 2.4 GHz
E-Cores 12 4
E-Threads 12 4
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 24x
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 6 8
Total Cores 18 8
Total Threads 18 12
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache — 12MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 3.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 4.4 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 12450HX
Background blur 100.3 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Clang compilation 262.5 Klines/sec 58.4 Klines/sec
File compression 2530 MB/sec 791.5 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 738.1 pages/sec 211.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 744.9 Mpixels/sec 227.4 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 250.8 images/sec 89.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 46.5 Mpixels/sec 14.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 450.7 pages/sec 160.8 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 12450HX
Codename Apple M5 Alder Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) UHD Graphics (16EU)
Released March 3, 2026 May 10, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS
Model number — i5-12450HX
Successor — -Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 12450HX
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 307 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 16 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR5-4800- DDR4-3200

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 12450HX
Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket BGA-1964
Transistors 28 billions —
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 157 W
TDP (PL1) — 45-55 W (configurable)

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 12450HX
Data compression 697.9 MBytes/sec 212.4 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 11.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.3B Matrices/sec 13.3B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 486M Primes/sec 51M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.8 GOps/sec 42.3 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.7 GOps/sec 56.2 GOps/sec
Physics 5687 Frames/sec 1019 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 85.6M Strings/sec 22.7M Strings/sec

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 12450HX
Execution Units 320 16
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1300 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) Intel UHD Graphics (16EU)
ROPs 80 4
Shading Units 2560 128
TGP 28 W 6-15 W
TMUs 160 8
GPU Base Clock — 350 MHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 12450HX
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 2322
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 509

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 12450HX
Official Site — Intel Core i5 12450HX official page
PCI Express Lanes — 20
PCI Express Version — 5.0
Technologies — - Compute: ABM, ADX, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, F16C, SHA- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, TBT 3.0, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 12450HX
Blender / Watt — 2.38 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt — 11.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt — 154.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt — 320.9 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 12450HX
Date — Benchmark
📘 2026-08-13->Kushagra_Aggarwal — Cinebench 2026

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