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Intel Core i5 11400H vs Apple M1

40 out of 100
Intel Core i5 11400H
VS
53 out of 100
Apple M1
Intel Core i5 11400H
Apple M1

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 11400H with 6-cores against the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments (1)

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between M1 and 11400H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 11400H
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • Newer - released 5 months later
Advantages of Apple M1
  • More powerful Apple M1 GPU integrated graphics: 2.6 vs 0.4 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Around 17.05 GB/s (33%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 23% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2410 vs 1967 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 11400H
vs
Apple M1

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core i5 11400H
83
Apple M1 +33%
110
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i5 11400H
482
Apple M1 +9%
525
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i5 11400H
1967
Apple M1 +23%
2410
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 11400H
6967
Apple M1 +23%
8547
File compression 435.2 MB/sec 941 MB/sec
Clang compilation 54.7 Klines/sec 68.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 119.7 pages/sec 192.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 193.7 Mpixels/sec 211.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 199.7 pages/sec 250.8 pages/sec
Background blur 38.9 images/sec 34.1 images/sec
Photo processing 51.2 images/sec 60.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.1 Mpixels/sec 9.74 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 507 & 760 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 11400H
2949
Apple M1 +25%
3673
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 11400H +7%
15125
Apple M1
14123
Integer math 52.8 GOps/sec 33.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 31.7 GOps/sec 35.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 47M Primes/sec 141M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 22.3M Strings/sec 21M Strings/sec
Data encryption 9.1 GBytes/sec 8.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 186.9 MBytes/sec 168 MBytes/sec
Physics 673 Frames/sec 1359 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.7B Matrices/sec 7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 7444 & 10702 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 11400H +14%
108.96
Apple M1
95.27

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 10.7 PPW 37.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 154.8 PPW 610.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 336.1 PPW 1008.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.42 PPW 6.81 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 11400H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-29 (Omkar)Cinebench 202482 / 439
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-17 (HNAT)Cinebench 202484 / 513
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-06 (George)Geekbench 6 CPU2082 / 8223
πŸ“˜ 2024-12-11 (Shen)Cinebench 202483 / 482
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Apple M1
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-25 -> op1Geekbench 6 CPU2273 / 7967
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-24 -> op1Geekbench 6 CPU2420 / 8793
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-06 (gaR)Geekbench 6 CPU2396 / 8763
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Ario)Geekbench 6 CPU2395 / 8820
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Ario)Cinebench 2024110 / 465
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 11400H and Apple M1

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released May 11, 2021 November 20, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Tiger Lake Apple M1
Model number i5-11400H -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (16 EU) Apple M1 GPU
Successor - - Apple M5 (10-Core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.2-2.7 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 2.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 8
Total Threads 12 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 22-27x -
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 12MB (shared)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 16 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 14 W
Socket BGA-1787 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C -

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (16 EU) Apple M1 GPU
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1450 MHz 1278 MHz
Shading Units 128 1024
TMUs 8 64
ROPs 4 32
Execution Units 16 128
TGP 6-15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 11400H
0.4 TFLOPS
Apple M1 +550%
2.6 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M1 GPU (8-core) compared to UHD Graphics (16 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR4X-4266
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 16 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s 68.25 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 11400H official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 -

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M1 or Intel Core i5 11400H?
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Buyag October 28, 2026 at 07:52 PM
M1 generally outperformed i5 11400h and yet m1 still has less votes lol. People be hatin apple for no reason.
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