Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) vs Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
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Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
Panther Lake
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
Custom
We compared two integrated laptop graphics cards: the Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) with 4 pipelines and 512 shaders against the Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core) that utilizes 256 pipelines and 2048 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
- 2.5x higher maximum theoretical performance (6.6 vs 2.6 TFLOPS)
- Achieves 3.2x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (75K vs 23K)
- Has 4x more shading units (2048 vs 512)
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Solar Bay | - | 39369 |
| Wild Life Extreme | - | 19874 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 57.6 img/sec | 153.3 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 29.1 img/sec | 101 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 0.79 Gpixels/sec | 2.82 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 1.02 Gpixels/sec | 4.09 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 1.02 Gpixels/sec | 3.69 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.34 Gpixels/sec | 0.84 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 61.2 Gpixels/sec | 212.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 3352.7 FPS | 9757.6 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Recent User Tests
Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
No benchmark results yet
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-18 (JSK) | Steel Nomad Light | 8894 |
| 📘 2026-03-30 (JSK) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 76085 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 4265 | 8260 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 11549 | 25244 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 4466 | 33177 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 16012 | 51773 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 8425 | 190718 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 1380 | 2913 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 4037 | 8985 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 4026 | 7777 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 10708 | 63837 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 35823 | 128419 |
| Framework | ONNX | Core ML |
| Backend | DirectML | GPU |
Results were compared using different ML frameworks
Specifications
Technical specifications of Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) and Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)General
| Vendor | Intel | Apple |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | January 5, 2026 | March 3, 2026 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Generic | Professional |
| Segment | Entry-level | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Celestial | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | Panther Lake | Custom |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 9 386H or above | - Apple M5 Pro (15-Core) or above |
| Used in CPUs | - Intel Core Ultra 9 386H - Intel Core Ultra 7 366H - Intel Core Ultra 7 365 - Intel Core Ultra 7 356H - Intel Core Ultra 7 355 - Intel Core Ultra 5 336H - Intel Core Ultra 5 335 - Intel Core Ultra 5 325 |
- Apple M5 Pro (15-Core) |
Laptop GPU ranking (76th and 24th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 300 MHz | - |
| Boost Clock | 2500 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Shading Units | 512 | 2048 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 32 | 128 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 16 | 64 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 4 | 256 |
| Tensor Cores | 32 | - |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 4 | - |
| L1 Cache | 64KB per cluster | - |
| L2 Cache | 4MB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 40 GPixel/s | 104 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 80 GTexel/s | 207 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 | Custom |
| TGP | 25 W | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| Transistor Count | - | 28 billion |
| Max. Temperature | 100°C | 100°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory Clock | - | 9600 MHz |
| Bus | - | 256-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12.1 | - |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | - |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | - |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | - |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | 2.1 | - |
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