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Intel Core Ultra 7 355 vs Apple M5 (10-Core)

60 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 355
VS
81 out of 100
Apple M5 (10-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 7 355
Apple M5 (10-Core)

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 355 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.

  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 (10-Core) and 355
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 355
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5X-7467 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 2 versus 3 nanometers
Advantages of Apple M5 (10-Core)
  • Around 64 GB/s (71%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More powerful Apple M5 GPU (10-core) integrated graphics: 4.1 vs 2.6 TFLOPS
  • 58% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4276 vs 2709 points
  • Has 2 more physical cores

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 355
vs
M5 (10-Core)

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 4456
Cinebench Scores (#113th 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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 7 355
11418
M5 (10-Core) +56%
17862
File compression 1050 MB/sec 1790 MB/sec
Clang compilation 74.6 Klines/sec 138 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 264 pages/sec 427.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 293.7 Mpixels/sec 430.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 293.2 pages/sec 421.1 pages/sec
Background blur 50.3 images/sec 78.7 images/sec
Photo processing 122.1 images/sec 156.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 15.4 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)
Core Ultra 7 355
20261
M5 (10-Core) +32%
26779
Integer math 43.9 GOps/sec 56.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 60.1 GOps/sec 75.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 187M Primes/sec 301M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 23.5M Strings/sec 35.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.8 GBytes/sec 17.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 186.1 MBytes/sec 296.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1901 Frames/sec 3199 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 17.2B Matrices/sec 15.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 143 & 507 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 7 355
151.38
M5 (10-Core) +82%
275.89

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 30.4 PPW 43.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 456.7 PPW 661.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 810.4 PPW 991.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.06 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 7 355
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Apple M5 (10-Core)
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-29 -> knotp37Cinebench 20260 / 3841
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-05 -> maheshkondrajuGeekbench 6 CPU4224 / 17165
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-27 -> RennsportGeekbench 6 CPU4289 / 18011
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 355 and Apple M5 (10-Core)

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released January 5, 2026 October 15, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Panther Lake Apple M5
Model number 355 T8142
Integrated GPU Xe3 Graphics Apple M5 GPU (10-core)
Rival Equivalent - - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
Intel CPU rating (#78th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 4.61 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 6
E-Threads 4 6
Base Frequency (E) 1.7 GHz 3.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 10
Total Threads 8 10
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 23x 46x
L1 Cache - 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (shared) 22MB (shared)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 28 billions
Fabrication Process 2 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 15-25 W (configurable) 27 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 55 W -
Socket FCBGA2540 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC
Die Size - 157.48 mmยฒ
Laptop processors ranking (96th and 21st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Xe3 Graphics Apple M5 GPU (10-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 2500 MHz 1620 MHz
Shading Units 512 1280
TMUs 32 80
ROPs 16 40
Execution Units 4 160
TGP 25 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 7 355
2.6 TFLOPS
M5 (10-Core) +58%
4.1 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M5 GPU (10-Core) compared to Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-7467
- DDR5-6400		 - LPDDR5X-9600
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 355 official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 -
PCI Express Lanes 12 -

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M5 (10-Core) or Intel Core Ultra 7 355?
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John March 30, 2026 at 02:28 AM
wow not even close?
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