Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) vs Intel Core i7 11700K

[ 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 i7 11700K (51/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 Pro (18-Core):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (98 vs 41)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 64)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Apple

Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)

97/100
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Intel Core i7 11700K
Intel

Intel Core i7 11700K

51/100
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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 i7 11700K
Efficiency 98.0 Excellent WINNER 41.0 Poor
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 64.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i7 11700K
Base Frequency (E) 4.38 GHz —
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 3.6 GHz
E-Cores 12 —
E-Threads 12 —
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
Multiplier 46x 36x
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 6 16
Total Cores 18 8
Total Threads 18 16
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes
Bus Bandwidth — 8 GT/s
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L2 Cache — 512K (per core)
L3 Cache — 16MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 5 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i7 11700K
Background blur 100.3 images/sec 52.3 images/sec
Clang compilation 262.5 Klines/sec 85.6 Klines/sec
File compression 2530 MB/sec 829.7 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 738.1 pages/sec 211.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 744.9 Mpixels/sec 338.9 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 250.8 images/sec 85.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 46.5 Mpixels/sec 18.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 450.7 pages/sec 227.4 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i7 11700K
Codename Apple M5 Rocket Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) UHD Graphics 750
Released March 3, 2026 March 16, 2021
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
Model number — i7-11700K
Successor — -Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i7 11700K
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 307 GB/s 50 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 16 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR4-3200

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i7 11700K
Fabrication Process 3 nm 14 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket LGA-1200
Transistors 28 billions —
TDP (PL1) — 125 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i7 11700K
Data compression 697.9 MBytes/sec 321.8 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 40.8 GBytes/sec 15.5 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.3B Matrices/sec 22.9B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 486M Primes/sec 66M Primes/sec
Floating point math 186.8 GOps/sec 51.1 GOps/sec
Integer math 132.7 GOps/sec 86.2 GOps/sec
Physics 5687 Frames/sec 1030 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 85.6M Strings/sec 36.8M Strings/sec

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i7 11700K
Execution Units 320 32
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 1300 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core) Intel UHD Graphics 750
ROPs 80 32
Shading Units 2560 256
TGP 28 W 15 W
TMUs 160 64
GPU Base Clock — 300 MHz

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i7 11700K
Official Site — Intel Core i7 11700K official page
PCI Express Lanes — 20
PCI Express Version — 4.0
Technologies — - Compute: ABM, ADX, AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, F16C, SHA- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, TBT 3.0, 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 i7 11700K
Blender / Watt — 1.67 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt — 6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt — 85 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt — 194.5 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Intel Core i7 11700K
Date — Benchmark
📘 2024-04-03(Bryan Santiago) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2024-05-26(Guest #3) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2024-11-03(Sierra) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-01-14(Aaron esxboi) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-05-12(TheGoodOldChipsGERMANY) — Cinebench 2024

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