Apple M3 Pro vs Intel Core i5 10500H

VS

Apple M3 Pro

Intel Core i5 10500H

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M3 Pro with 12 cores 4.05GHz and Intel Core i5 10500H with 6 cores 2.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M3 Pro 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 6 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 2933)

Larger memory bandwidth (153.6GB/s vs 45.8GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.05GHz vs 2.5GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (30W vs 45W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M3 Pro +72%

1992

Intel Core i5 10500H

1152

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M3 Pro +123%

15139

Intel Core i5 10500H

6772

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M3 Pro +114%

3155

Intel Core i5 10500H

1468

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M3 Pro +175%

15057

Intel Core i5 10500H

5456

Blender

Apple M3 Pro +187%

253

Intel Core i5 10500H

88

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M3 Pro +84%

4790

Intel Core i5 10500H

2595

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M3 Pro +134%

26949

Intel Core i5 10500H

11506

Apple M3 Pro

VS

Intel Core i5 10500H

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Apr 2020

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M3

Core Architecture

Comet Lake-H

-

Processor Number

i5-10500H

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1440

Apple M3 Pro GPU (19-core)

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Package

37 billions

Transistor Count

-

3 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

30 W

Power Consumption

35-45 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

6

Performance Core Threads

12

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 GHz

6

Efficiency Cores

-

6

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.75 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

2.57 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

-

12

Total Core Count

6

12

Total Thread Count

12

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

25x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

-

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

36 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

3

Max Memory Channels

2

153.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

45.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

350 MHz

1600 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1050 MHz

2304

Shader Units

192

144

Texture Units

24

72

Raster Operation Units

3

288

Execution Units

24

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Max Resolution

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

7.4 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.38 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i5 10500H

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

16

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