Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) vs Intel Core Ultra 7 356H

[ 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 Ultra 7 356H (67/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Pro (18-Core):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (98 vs 82)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 78)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Apple

Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)

97/100
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Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
Intel

Intel Core Ultra 7 356H

67/100
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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 Ultra 7 356H
Efficiency 98.0 Excellent WINNER 82.0 Very Good
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 78.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz 1.5 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 1.9 GHz
E-Cores 12 12
E-Threads 12 12
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 19x
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 6 4
Total Cores 18 16
Total Threads 18 16
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 2560K (per core)
L3 Cache — 18MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 4.7 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
Background blur 100.3 images/sec 60.7 images/sec
Clang compilation 262.5 Klines/sec 119.5 Klines/sec
File compression 2530 MB/sec 1200 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 738.1 pages/sec 241.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 744.9 Mpixels/sec 421.6 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 250.8 images/sec 117.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 46.5 Mpixels/sec 22.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 450.7 pages/sec 295.8 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
Codename Apple M5 Panther Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
Released March 3, 2026 January 5, 2026
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen AI 7 450
Model number — 356H

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 307 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 16 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - LPDDR5X-8533- DDR5-7200

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
Fabrication Process 3 nm 2 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket FCBGA2540
Transistors 28 billions —
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 80 W
TDP (PL1) — 15-25 W (configurable)

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
Data compression 697.9 MBytes/sec 339.3 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 26.5 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.3B Matrices/sec 28.3B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 486M Primes/sec 325M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.8 GOps/sec 102.9 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.7 GOps/sec 83 GOps/sec
Physics 5687 Frames/sec 2860 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 85.6M Strings/sec 41.4M Strings/sec

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
Execution Units 320 4
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 2450 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
ROPs 80 16
Shading Units 2560 512
TGP 28 W 25 W
TMUs 160 32
GPU Base Clock — 300 MHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 4053

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
Official Site — Intel Core Ultra 7 356H 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 Ultra 7 356H
Blender / Watt — 9.25 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt — 45.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt — 636.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt — 1364.6 PPW

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