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Intel Core i5 13600K vs Apple M1 Ultra

67 out of 100
Intel Core i5 13600K
VS
69 out of 100
Apple M1 Ultra
Intel Core i5 13600K
Apple M1 Ultra

We compared two CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Intel Core i5 13600K (desktop) with 14-cores against the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Ultra (laptop) with 20-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

Review

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Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
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Power Efficiency
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Integrated Graphics
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between Ultra and 13600K
Advantages of Intel Core i5 13600K
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Newer - released 7 months later
  • 12% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2718 vs 2436 points
Advantages of Apple M1 Ultra
  • More powerful Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core) integrated graphics: 21.2 vs 0.8 TFLOPS
  • Around 729.6 GB/s (814%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 6 more physical cores

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 13600K
vs
M1 Ultra

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i5 13600K
1289
M1 Ultra +26%
1625
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 492 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 5581 -
Cinebench Scores (#94th place)
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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 13600K +12%
2718
M1 Ultra
2436
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 13600K
16101
M1 Ultra +15%
18530
File compression 1300 MB/sec 2000 MB/sec
Clang compilation 134.7 Klines/sec 189 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.2 pages/sec 513.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 465.8 Mpixels/sec 548.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 277.2 pages/sec 250.5 pages/sec
Background blur 68.3 images/sec 42.3 images/sec
Photo processing 136 images/sec 151.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 30.1 Mpixels/sec 27.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 448 & 509 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 13600K +7%
4111
M1 Ultra
3860
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 13600K
37461
M1 Ultra +10%
41392
Integer math 122 GOps/sec 92.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 90.2 GOps/sec 130.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 153M Primes/sec 538M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 50.8M Strings/sec 66.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 26.9 GBytes/sec 24.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 473.1 MBytes/sec 556.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 2245 Frames/sec 5558 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 28.6B Matrices/sec 25.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 5100 & 236 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 13600K
310.15
M1 Ultra +31%
406.35

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 10.3 PPW 23.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 128.8 PPW 264.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 299.7 PPW 591.3 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.48 PPW 5.81 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 13600K
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-09 (Shinigami)Cinebench 2026492 / 5581
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-04-29 (DSMJohn)Cinebench 2024118 / 1289
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-04-20 (io)Cinebench 2024114 / 1206
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-04-09 (stuchi)Cinebench 2024124 / 1248
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-09-23 (Fireman12402)Cinebench 2024112 / 1258
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Apple M1 Ultra
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 13600K and Apple M1 Ultra

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released September 27, 2022 March 8, 2022
Type Desktop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Raptor Lake Apple M1
Model number i5-13600K APL1106/APL1W06
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 7600X - Intel Core i9 12900K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus - Apple M4 Ultra
Intel CPU rating (#60th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 16
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 4
E-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (E) 2.6 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.9 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 20
Total Threads 20 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 35x -
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 48MB (shared)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Transistors - 114 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 70 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 181 W -
Socket LGA-1700 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC -
Desktop CPU ranking (#61st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1296 MHz
Shading Units 256 8192
TMUs 16 512
ROPs 8 256
Execution Units 32 1024
TGP 15 W 120 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 13600K
0.8 TFLOPS
M1 Ultra +2550%
21.2 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core) compared to UHD Graphics 770

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 819.2 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 13600K official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 -
PCI Express Lanes 20 -

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Comments

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