Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) vs Intel Core i3 6100
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2026
Sep 2015
Manufacturer
Apple
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
ARMv9
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M5
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
HD Graphics 530
Processor Number
-
i3-6100
Package
Transistor Count
28 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
14 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
LGA-1151
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
-
Power Consumption
-
51 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
2
Performance Core Threads
6
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.61 GHz
3.7 GHz
Efficiency Cores
12
-
Efficiency Core Threads
12
-
Total Core Count
18
2
Total Thread Count
18
4
Multiplier
46
37x
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
L1 Cache
-
64 K per core
L2 Cache
-
256 K per core
L3 Cache
-
3 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-9600
DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
Max Memory Bandwidth
307 GB/s
34.1 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Max Memory Size
-
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
-
2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
Shader Units
2560
-
Texture Units
160
-
Raster Operation Units
80
-
Execution Units
320
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
1050 MHz
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
-
3.0
PCIe Lanes
-
16
Extended Instruction Set
-
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,569
1,003
Cinebench R23
24,400
2,565
Geekbench 6
4,290
1,146
Geekbench 6
24,687
2,487
Cinebench 2024
209
-
Cinebench 2024
1,732
-
Geekbench 5
-
924
Geekbench 5
-
2,023
Blender
-
40
Passmark CPU
-
2,192
Passmark CPU
-
4,140