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Intel Core i5 1135G7 vs Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)

36 out of 100
Intel Core i5 1135G7
VS
66 out of 100
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
Intel Core i5 1135G7
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 0.9-2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 1135G7 with 4-cores against the 2 GHz Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) with 6-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

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 (MacBook) and 1135G7
Advantages of Intel Core i5 1135G7
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.2 GHz vs 4.05 GHz)
Advantages of Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 4 years later
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • 2x faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3615 vs 1783 points
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • More powerful Apple A18 Pro GPU integrated graphics: 2.3 vs 1.7 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 1135G7
vs
A18 Pro (MacBook)

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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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)
File compression 415.2 MB/sec 1050 MB/sec
Clang compilation 31.2 Klines/sec 58.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 92.1 pages/sec 201.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 149.6 Mpixels/sec 214.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 149.6 pages/sec 318.8 pages/sec
Background blur 25 images/sec 41 images/sec
Photo processing 46.9 images/sec 91.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 6.1 Mpixels/sec 9.18 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 775 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 31.3 GOps/sec 37.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 19 GOps/sec 25.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 34M Primes/sec 132M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 12.4M Strings/sec 17.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 5.3 GBytes/sec 8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 101 MBytes/sec 133.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 559 Frames/sec 1380 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.2B Matrices/sec 6.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 17882 & 962 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 8.5 PPW 70.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 176.1 PPW 922.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 332.2 PPW 1281.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.03 PPW 7.1 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 1135G7
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-25 (Neup_Gamerz)Geekbench 6 CPU1908 / 5270
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-17 (monir)Geekbench 6 CPU1862 / 6087
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-30 (VSM)Geekbench 6 CPU1191 / 1891
πŸ“˜ 2023-11-26 (Guest #3)Cinebench 202464 / 238
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Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-03 -> RennsportGeekbench 7 CPU3006 / 7807
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 -> RennsportGeekbench 6 CPU3505 / 8840
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-24 -> RennsportGeekbench 6 CPU3505 / 8840
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 1135G7 and Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released September 2, 2020 September 9, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Tiger Lake Apple M4
Model number i5-1135G7 APL1V07
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU Apple A18 Pro GPU
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225U -

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 2
P-Threads 8 2
Base Frequency (P) 0.9-2.4 GHz 2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 4.05 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 2.42 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 6
Total Threads 8 6
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 9-24x 40x
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 8MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-28 W (configurable) 10 W
Socket BGA-1449 Custom
Peak Temperature 100Β°C -

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU Apple A18 Pro GPU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 1490 MHz
Shading Units 640 768
TMUs 40 40
ROPs 20 -
Execution Units 80 128
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 1135G7
1.7 TFLOPS
A18 Pro (MacBook) +35%
2.3 TFLOPS
More info: Apple A18 Pro GPU compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4267		 - LPDDR5x-7500
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 8 GB
Memory Channels 2 4
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 60 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 1135G7 official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 -
PCI Express Lanes 16 -

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Comments

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