Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) vs Intel Core Ultra 7 355

[ 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 7 355 (60/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Apple

Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)

97/100
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Intel Core Ultra 7 355
Intel

Intel Core Ultra 7 355

60/100
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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 7 355
Efficiency 98.0 Excellent WINNER 82.0 Very Good
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 75.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core Ultra 7 355
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz 1.7 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 2.3 GHz
E-Cores 12 4
E-Threads 12 4
L1 Cache 192K (per core) —
Multiplier 46x 23x
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 6 4
Total Cores 18 8
Total Threads 18 8
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 2MB (shared)
L3 Cache — 12MB (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 7 355
Background blur 100.3 images/sec 50.3 images/sec
Clang compilation 262.5 Klines/sec 74.6 Klines/sec
File compression 2530 MB/sec 1050 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 738.1 pages/sec 264 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 744.9 Mpixels/sec 293.7 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 250.8 images/sec 122.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 46.5 Mpixels/sec 15.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 450.7 pages/sec 293.2 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core Ultra 7 355
Codename Apple M5 Panther Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) Xe3 Graphics
Released March 3, 2026 January 5, 2026
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Apple Intel
Model number — 355

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core Ultra 7 355
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 307 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 16 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - LPDDR5X-7467- DDR5-6400

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core Ultra 7 355
Fabrication Process 3 nm 2 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket FCBGA2540
Transistors 28 billions —
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 55 W
TDP (PL1) — 15-25 W (configurable)

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core Ultra 7 355
Data compression 697.9 MBytes/sec 186.1 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 14.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.3B Matrices/sec 17.2B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 486M Primes/sec 187M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.8 GOps/sec 60.1 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.7 GOps/sec 43.9 GOps/sec
Physics 5687 Frames/sec 1901 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 85.6M Strings/sec 23.5M Strings/sec

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core Ultra 7 355
Execution Units 320 4
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 2500 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) Intel Xe3 Graphics
ROPs 80 16
Shading Units 2560 512
TGP 28 W 25 W
TMUs 160 32
GPU Base Clock — 300 MHz

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core Ultra 7 355
Official Site — Intel Core Ultra 7 355 official page
PCI Express Lanes — 12
PCI Express Version — 5.0

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core Ultra 7 355
Blender / Watt — 6.06 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt — 30.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt — 456.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt — 810.4 PPW

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