Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) vs Intel Core i9 13900KF

[ 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 i9 13900KF (82/100), 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 84)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Apple

Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)

97/100
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Intel Core i9 13900KF
Intel

Intel Core i9 13900KF

82/100
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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 i9 13900KF
Efficiency 98.0 Excellent WINNER 51.0 Below Average
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 84.0 Very Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i9 13900KF
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz 2.2 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 3.0 GHz
E-Cores 12 16
E-Threads 12 16
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 30x
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 6 16
Total Cores 18 24
Total Threads 18 32
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache — 36MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 4.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 5.4 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i9 13900KF
Background blur 100.3 images/sec 72.3 images/sec
Clang compilation 262.5 Klines/sec 195 Klines/sec
File compression 2530 MB/sec 1590 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 738.1 pages/sec 485.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 744.9 Mpixels/sec 531.3 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 250.8 images/sec 153.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 46.5 Mpixels/sec 44 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 450.7 pages/sec 296.4 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i9 13900KF
Codename Apple M5 Raptor Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) No
Released March 3, 2026 September 27, 2022
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
Model number — i9-13900K
Successor — -Intel Core i9 14900KF

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i9 13900KF
ECC Support No Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 307 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 16 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR5-5600- DDR4-3200

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i9 13900KF
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) — 253 W
TDP (PL1) — 125 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i9 13900KF
Data compression 697.9 MBytes/sec 780.9 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 45.9 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.3B Matrices/sec 45.8B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 486M Primes/sec 223M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.8 GOps/sec 150 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.7 GOps/sec 205.7 GOps/sec
Physics 5687 Frames/sec 2958 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 85.6M Strings/sec 86.1M Strings/sec

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i9 13900KF
Execution Units 320 —
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz —
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) —
ROPs 80 —
Shading Units 2560 —
TGP 28 W —
TMUs 160 —

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i9 13900KF
Official Site — Intel Core i9 13900KF official page
PCI Express Lanes — 20
PCI Express Version — 5.0

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i9 13900KF
Blender / Watt — 4.29 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt — 15.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt — 161.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt — 459.6 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i9 13900KF
Date — Benchmark
📘 2025-11-23(nick) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-12-29(DunGoku) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-01-30(fluffydodo) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-03-03->mazdapride89 — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-04-26(blayk11) — GeekBench
📘 2026-07-23(mvlad) — Cinebench 2024

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