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

[ 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 12450H (46/100), 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 62)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Apple

Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)

97/100
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Intel Core i5 12450H
Intel

Intel Core i5 12450H

46/100
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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 12450H
Efficiency 98.0 Excellent WINNER 51.0 Below Average
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 62.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 12450H
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz 1.5 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 2 GHz
E-Cores 12 4
E-Threads 12 4
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 20x
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 6 8
Total Cores 18 8
Total Threads 18 12
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache — 12MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 4.4 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 12450H
Background blur 100.3 images/sec 39.5 images/sec
Clang compilation 262.5 Klines/sec 57.2 Klines/sec
File compression 2530 MB/sec 719.1 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 738.1 pages/sec 201.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 744.9 Mpixels/sec 238.8 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 250.8 images/sec 74.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 46.5 Mpixels/sec 12.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 450.7 pages/sec 230.7 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 12450H
Codename Apple M5 Alder Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) UHD Graphics (48EU)
Released March 3, 2026 January 4, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Apple Intel
Model number — i5-12450H
Successor — -Intel Core 5 210H

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 12450H
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 307 GB/s —
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 16 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR5-4800- DDR4-3200- LPDDR5-5200- LPDDR4x-4267

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 12450H
Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket BGA-1744
Transistors 28 billions —
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 95 W
TDP (PL1) — 35-45 W (configurable)

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 12450H
Data compression 697.9 MBytes/sec 190.5 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 10.6 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.3B Matrices/sec 11.7B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 486M Primes/sec 44M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.8 GOps/sec 40 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.7 GOps/sec 54.1 GOps/sec
Physics 5687 Frames/sec 853 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 85.6M Strings/sec 20.5M Strings/sec

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 12450H
Execution Units 320 48
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1200 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) Intel UHD Graphics (48EU)
ROPs 80 12
Shading Units 2560 384
TGP 28 W 15 W
TMUs 160 24
GPU Base Clock — 400 MHz

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 12450H
Official Site — Intel Core i5 12450H official page
PCI Express Lanes — 28
PCI Express Version — 4.0
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

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 12450H
Blender / Watt — 2.57 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt — 13.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt — 188.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt — 353.2 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 12450H
Date — Benchmark
📘 2024-01-30(black lee) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-12-08(Raj) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-12-23(atlas) — GeekBench
📘 2026-04-03(Burnt_T0ast) — GeekBench
📘 2026-04-16->dmytrokobzar — GeekBench

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