Intel Core Ultra 9 285H vs Apple M5 (10-Core)
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.9 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 285H with 16-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
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
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
- Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5-8400 RAM
- Has 6 more physical cores
- More powerful Arc Graphics 140T integrated graphics: 4.8 vs 4.1 TFLOPS
- More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of Apple M5 (10-Core)
- Newer - released 10 months later
- 48% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4276 vs 2897 points
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | 506 | - |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | 4879 | 4456 |
Cinebench Scores (123rd and 113th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1510 MB/sec | 1790 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 129.7 Klines/sec | 138 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 425.7 pages/sec | 427.3 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 522.7 Mpixels/sec | 430.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 309.2 pages/sec | 421.1 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 73.9 images/sec | 78.7 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 159.5 images/sec | 156.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 26.8 Mpixels/sec | 21.6 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 86 GOps/sec | 56.9 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 109.3 GOps/sec | 75.6 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 330M Primes/sec | 301M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 41M Strings/sec | 35.6M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 26.2 GBytes/sec | 17.1 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 336.1 MBytes/sec | 296.6 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 2512 Frames/sec | 3199 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 26.8B Matrices/sec | 15.1B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 24.9 PPW | 43.8 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 381.6 PPW | 661.6 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 759.8 PPW | 991.8 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 4.56 PPW | 10.22 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-01-16 (AsNapur) | GeekBench | 2756 / 16837 |
| π 2026-01-16 (AsNapur) | Cinebench 2024 | 122 / 1126 |
| π 2025-10-31 (Adi) | Cinebench 2024 | 114 / 804 |
| π 2025-09-19 (JacoIsHere) | GeekBench | 2868 / 14847 |
| π 2025-08-07 (Himmanshu Chowdhury) | Cinebench 2024 | 117 / 1122 |
Apple M5 (10-Core)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-07-29 -> knotp37 | Cinebench 2026 | 0 / 3841 |
| π 2026-07-05 -> maheshkondraju | GeekBench | 4224 / 17165 |
| π 2025-12-27 -> Rennsport | GeekBench | 4289 / 18011 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 285H and Apple M5 (10-Core)General
| Vendor | Intel | Apple |
| Released | January 6, 2025 | October 15, 2025 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | ARMv9 |
| Codename | Arrow Lake | Apple M5 |
| Model number | 285H | T8142 |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics 140T | Apple M5 GPU (10-core) |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 | - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) |
Intel CPU rating (#46th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 4 |
| P-Threads | 6 | 4 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 2.9 GHz | 4.61 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5.4 GHz | - |
| E-Cores | 10 | 6 |
| E-Threads | 10 | 6 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.7 GHz | 3.0 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 4.5 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 16 | 10 |
| Total Threads | 16 | 10 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 29x | 46x |
| L1 Cache | 112K (per core) | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 2MB (per core) | 22MB (shared) |
| L3 Cache | 24MB (shared) | - |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | - | 28 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 35-45 W (configurable) | 27 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 115 W | - |
| Socket | FCBGA-2049 | Apple M-Socket |
| Peak Temperature | 110Β°C | 100Β°C |
| Die Size | - | 157.48 mmΒ² |
Laptop processors ranking (58th and 21st place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Arc Graphics 140T | Apple M5 GPU (10-core) |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2350 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 1280 |
| TMUs | 64 | 80 |
| ROPs | 32 | 40 |
| Execution Units | 8 | 160 |
| TGP | 35 W | - |
iGPU FLOPS
More info: Apple M5 GPU (10-Core) compared to Arc 140T
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-8400 - LPDDR5x-8400 - DDR5-6400 |
- LPDDR5X-9600 |
| Max. Memory Size | 128 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 8 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | - | 153.6 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core Ultra 9 285H official page | - |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | - |
| PCI Express Lanes | 28 | - |
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