Intel Core Ultra 7 258V vs Apple M5 (10-Core)

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 258V with 8-cores against the 4.61 GHz Apple M5 (10-Core) with 10-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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
NanoReview Final Score
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between (10-Core) and 258V
Advantages of Apple M5 (10-Core)
  • Newer - released 1 year and 2 months later
  • 56% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4276 vs 2745 points
  • Has 2 more physical cores

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 4456
Cinebench Scores (#113th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
17862
File compression 1020 MB/sec 1790 MB/sec
Clang compilation 66.1 Klines/sec 138 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 287.7 pages/sec 427.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 295.6 Mpixels/sec 430.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 276.7 pages/sec 421.1 pages/sec
Background blur 46.5 images/sec 78.7 images/sec
Photo processing 113.9 images/sec 156.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 14 Mpixels/sec 21.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
26779
Integer math 42.9 GOps/sec 56.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 57.4 GOps/sec 75.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 185M Primes/sec 301M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 21.6M Strings/sec 35.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.5 GBytes/sec 17.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 176.6 MBytes/sec 296.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1565 Frames/sec 3199 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.7B Matrices/sec 15.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2133 & 507 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M5 (10-Core) +114%
275.89

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17.2 PPW 43.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 291.9 PPW 661.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 510.4 PPW 991.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.48 PPW 10.22 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 Ultra 7 258V
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-18 (THINKPAD T16 GEN4)Cinebench 2024122 / 584
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-06 (Matty)Cinebench 2024113 / 512
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-15 -> maheshkondrajuGeekbench 6 CPU2869 / 11446
Apple M5 (10-Core)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-29 -> knotp37Cinebench 20260 / 3841
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-05 -> maheshkondrajuGeekbench 6 CPU4224 / 17165
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-27 -> RennsportGeekbench 6 CPU4289 / 18011

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 258V and Apple M5 (10-Core)

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released September 4, 2024 October 15, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Lunar Lake Apple M5
Model number 258V T8142
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140V Apple M5 GPU (10-core)
Rival Equivalent - - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
Intel CPU rating (#88th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 4.61 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 6
E-Threads 4 6
Base Frequency (E) 2.2 GHz 3.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 10
Total Threads 8 10
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 22x 46x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 22MB (shared)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 28 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 17-37 W (configurable) 27 W
Socket FCBGA-2833 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Die Size - 157.48 mmΒ²
Laptop processors ranking (111th and 21st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics 140V Apple M5 GPU (10-core)
GPU Base Clock 600 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1950 MHz 1620 MHz
Shading Units 1024 1280
TMUs - 80
ROPs - 40
Execution Units - 160
TGP 30 W -
iGPU FLOPS
4.1 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - LPDDR5X-9600
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 153.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 258V official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 -
PCI Express Lanes 8 -

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Comments

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