Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) vs Intel Core i5 14500

[ 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 14500 (63/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Pro (18-Core):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (98 vs 59)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 73)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Apple

Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)

97/100
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Intel Core i5 14500
Intel

Intel Core i5 14500

63/100
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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 14500
Efficiency 98.0 Excellent WINNER 59.0 Below Average
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 73.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 14500
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz 1.9 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 2.6 GHz
E-Cores 12 8
E-Threads 12 8
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 26x
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 6 12
Total Cores 18 14
Total Threads 18 20
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache — 24MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 5 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 14500
Background blur 100.3 images/sec 63.7 images/sec
Clang compilation 262.5 Klines/sec 112.8 Klines/sec
File compression 2530 MB/sec 1200 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 738.1 pages/sec 393.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 744.9 Mpixels/sec 436.6 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 250.8 images/sec 134.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 46.5 Mpixels/sec 26.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 450.7 pages/sec 264.2 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 14500
Codename Apple M5 Raptor Lake Refresh
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) UHD Graphics 770
Released March 3, 2026 January 9, 2024
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Apple Intel
Model number — i5-14500

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 14500
ECC Support No Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 307 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 192 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 14500
Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket LGA-1700
Transistors 28 billions —
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 154 W
TDP (PL1) — 65 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 14500
Data compression 697.9 MBytes/sec 371.1 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 21.4 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.3B Matrices/sec 22.5B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 486M Primes/sec 106M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.8 GOps/sec 79.5 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.7 GOps/sec 108 GOps/sec
Physics 5687 Frames/sec 1745 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 85.6M Strings/sec 40.9M Strings/sec

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 14500
Execution Units 320 32
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1550 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) Intel UHD Graphics 770
ROPs 80 8
Shading Units 2560 256
TGP 28 W 15 W
TMUs 160 16
GPU Base Clock — 300 MHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 14500
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 2104
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 409

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 14500
Official Site — Intel Core i5 14500 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, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit, vPro

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 14500
Blender / Watt — 3.96 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt — 17.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt — 233.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt — 473.2 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 14500
Date — Benchmark
📘 2024-08-02(AliR88) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-07-05(SeanyBoy) — Cinebench 2026

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