Quick/Comparisons
100 | Single-Core Performance | 76 |
53 | Multi-Core Performance | 54 |
97 | Power Efficiency |
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81 | Integrated Graphics | — |
81 | QucikComparison Final Score | 66 |
| 10 | Cores | 12 |
| 27 W | TDP | 125 W |
| 3 nm | Transistor size | 10 nm |
| 208 | Cinebench 2024 (Single) | 115 |
| 1183 | Cinebench 2024 (Multi) | 1284 |
| 4276 | Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 2790 |
| 17862 | Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 15378 |
| 1790 MB/sec | File compression | 1070 MB/sec |
| 138 Klines/sec | Clang compilation | 127.7 Klines/sec |
| 427.3 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 352.3 pages/sec |
| 430.7 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 458.3 Mpixels/sec |
| 421.1 pages/sec | Text processing | 275.7 pages/sec |
| 78.7 images/sec | Background blur | 70.5 images/sec |
| 156.2 images/sec | Photo processing | 126.2 images/sec |
| 21.6 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 30 Mpixels/sec |
| 5803 | Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | 3980 |
| 27718 | Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | 34008 |
| 57.4 GOps/sec | Integer math | 113.8 GOps/sec |
| 78.2 GOps/sec | Floating point math | 87.4 GOps/sec |
| 335M Primes/sec | Find prime numbers | 111M Primes/sec |
| 36.4M Strings/sec | Random string sorting | 45.2M Strings/sec |
| 17.3 GBytes/sec | Data encryption | 23.2 GBytes/sec |
| 313 MBytes/sec | Data compression | 440.7 MBytes/sec |
| 3338 Frames/sec | Physics | 1769 Frames/sec |
| 16.1B Matrices/sec | Extended instructions | 28.6B Matrices/sec |
| 275.89 | Blender CPU | 308.32 |
| 43.8 PPW | Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 10.3 PPW |
| 661.6 PPW | Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 123 PPW |
| 1026.6 PPW | Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 272.1 PPW |
| 10.22 PPW | Blender / Watt | 2.47 PPW |
| — | [Performance Cores] | — |
| 4 | P-Cores | 8 |
| 4 | P-Threads | 16 |
| 4.61 GHz | Base Frequency (P) | 3.6 GHz |
| — | [Efficient Cores] | — |
| 6 | E-Cores | 4 |
| 6 | E-Threads | 4 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Frequency (E) | 2.7 GHz |
| — | [Total] | — |
| 10 | Total Cores | 12 |
| 10 | Total Threads | 20 |
| 46x | Multiplier | 36x |
| 192K (per core) | L1 Cache | 80K (per core) |
| 16MB (shared) | L2 Cache | 12MB (shared) |
| No | Unlocked Multiplier | Yes |
| Apple M5 GPU (10-core) | Integrated Graphics | — |
| 1620 MHz | GPU Boost Clock | — |
| 1280 | Shading Units | — |
| 80 | TMUs | — |
| 40 | ROPs | — |
| 160 | Execution Units | — |
| 4.1 TFLOPS | iGPU FLOPS | — |
| - LPDDR5X-9600 | Memory Types | - DDR5-4800 - DDR4-3200 |
| 32 GB | Max. Memory Size | 128 GB |
| 8 | Memory Channels | 2 |
| 153 GB/s | Max. Memory Bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s |
| No | ECC Support | Yes |
| Apple | Vendor | Intel |
| October 15, 2025 | Released | October 27, 2021 |
| Laptop | Type | Desktop |
| ARMv9 | Instruction Set | x86-64 |
| Apple M5 | Codename | Alder Lake |
| T8142 | Model number | i7-12700KF |
| Apple M5 GPU (10-core) | Integrated GPU | No |
| — | Qualcomm Equivalent | — |
| 28 billions | Transistors | — |
| 3 nm | Fabrication Process | 10 nm |
| 27 W | TDP (PL1) | 125 W |
| Apple M-Socket | Socket | LGA-1700 |
| 100°C | Peak Temperature | 100°C |
