Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) vs Intel Core i7 8705G
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2026
Jan 2018
Manufacturer
Apple
Intel
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
ARMv9
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M5
Kaby Lake G
Integrated Graphics
Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)
-
Processor Number
-
i7-8705G
Package
Transistor Count
28 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
14 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
BGA-2270
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100 °C
Power Consumption
-
0 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
4
Performance Core Threads
6
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.61 GHz
3.1 GHz
Efficiency Cores
12
-
Efficiency Core Threads
12
-
Total Core Count
18
4
Total Thread Count
18
8
Multiplier
46
31x
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
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4.1 GHz
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
L1 Cache
-
64 K per core
L2 Cache
-
256 K per core
L3 Cache
-
8 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-9600
DDR4-2400
Max Memory Bandwidth
307 GB/s
37.5 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Max Memory Size
-
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
-
2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
-
Shader Units
2560
-
Texture Units
160
-
Raster Operation Units
80
-
Execution Units
320
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
-
3.0
PCIe Lanes
-
8
Extended Instruction Set
-
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,569
1,116
Cinebench R23
24,400
4,907
Geekbench 6
4,290
1,106
Geekbench 6
24,687
3,101
Cinebench 2024
209
-
Cinebench 2024
1,732
-
Geekbench 5
-
1,020
Geekbench 5
-
3,854
Passmark CPU
-
2,256
Passmark CPU
-
7,755