Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) vs Intel Core i5 1235U

[ 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 1235U (43/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Pro (18-Core):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (98 vs 55)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 59)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Apple

Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)

97/100
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Intel Core i5 1235U
Intel

Intel Core i5 1235U

43/100
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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 1235U
Efficiency 98.0 Excellent WINNER 55.0 Below Average
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 59.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 1235U
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz 0.9 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 1.3 GHz
E-Cores 12 8
E-Threads 12 8
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 13x
P-Cores 6 2
P-Threads 6 4
Total Cores 18 10
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 1235U
Background blur 100.3 images/sec 34.7 images/sec
Clang compilation 262.5 Klines/sec 24.1 Klines/sec
File compression 2530 MB/sec 448.4 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 738.1 pages/sec 156 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 744.9 Mpixels/sec 128.9 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 250.8 images/sec 54.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 46.5 Mpixels/sec 10.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 450.7 pages/sec 206.3 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 1235U
Codename Apple M5 Alder Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Released March 3, 2026 February 23, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Apple Intel
Model number — i5-1235U
Successor — -Intel Core Ultra 5 225U

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 1235U
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 1235U
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) — 55 W
TDP (PL1) — 12-15 W (configurable)

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 1235U
Data compression 697.9 MBytes/sec 143.4 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 9 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.3B Matrices/sec 7.9B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 486M Primes/sec 534M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.8 GOps/sec 37.4 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.7 GOps/sec 47.4 GOps/sec
Physics 5687 Frames/sec 649 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 85.6M Strings/sec 16.6M Strings/sec

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 1235U
Execution Units 320 80
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1200 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
ROPs 80 20
Shading Units 2560 640
TGP 28 W 15 W
TMUs 160 40
GPU Base Clock — 300 MHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 1235U
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 1046
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 400

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 1235U
Official Site — Intel Core i5 1235U official page
PCI Express Lanes — 20
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 1235U
Blender / Watt — 5.36 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt — 24.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt — 424.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt — 829.9 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i5 1235U
Date — Benchmark
📘 2025-01-13(sauron269) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-03-08->samueltails — GeekBench
📘 2026-05-06(TASIN AMIR) — GeekBench
📘 2026-08-09(Jubayer) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-08-15(zoetje) — Cinebench 2026

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