Apple M1 vs Intel Core i5 10500H
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M1 with 8 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Core i5 10500H with 6 cores 2.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Apple M1 's Advantages
Released 7 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (4266 vs 2933)
Larger memory bandwidth (68.25GB/s vs 45.8GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)
Lower TDP (14W vs 45W)
Intel Core i5 10500H 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2.1GHz)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Apple M1
+31%
1513
Intel Core i5 10500H
1152
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Apple M1
+14%
7782
Intel Core i5 10500H
6772
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M1
+51%
2231
Intel Core i5 10500H
1468
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M1
+47%
8035
Intel Core i5 10500H
5456
Blender
Apple M1
+41%
130
Intel Core i5 10500H
92
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Apple M1
+53%
1757
Intel Core i5 10500H
1146
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
Apple M1
+37%
7742
Intel Core i5 10500H
5634
Passmark CPU Single Core
Apple M1
+43%
3717
Intel Core i5 10500H
2595
Passmark CPU Multi Core
Apple M1
+23%
14218
Intel Core i5 10500H
11506
General Parameters
Nov 2020
Release Date
Apr 2020
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
ARMv8
Instruction Set
x86-64
Icestorm and Firestorm
Core Architecture
Comet Lake-H
-
Processor Number
i5-10500H
Apple M-Socket
Socket
BGA-1440
Apple M1 GPU
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 630
Package
16 billions
Transistor Count
-
5 nm
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
14 W
Power Consumption
35-45 W
-
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
CPU Performance
8
Performance Cores
6
8
Performance Core Threads
12
2.1 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.5 GHz
8
Total Core Count
6
8
Total Thread Count
12
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
-
Multiplier
25x
192 K per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
12 MB shared
L2 Cache
-
-
L3 Cache
12 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
LPDDR4X-4266
Memory Types
DDR4-2933
16 GB
Max Memory Size
128 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
68.25 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
45.8 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
450 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
350 MHz
1278 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1050 MHz
1024
Shader Units
192
64
Texture Units
24
32
Raster Operation Units
3
128
Execution Units
24
15 W
Power Consumption
15 W
6016x3384 - 60 Hz
Max Resolution
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
2.6 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
0.38 TFLOPS
