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Intel Core i5 1135G7 vs Apple M5 (10-Core)

36 out of 100
Intel Core i5 1135G7
VS
81 out of 100
Apple M5 (10-Core)
Intel Core i5 1135G7
Apple M5 (10-Core)

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 0.9-2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 1135G7 with 4-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

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 1135G7
Advantages of Intel Core i5 1135G7
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
Advantages of Apple M5 (10-Core)
  • Newer - released 5 years and 2 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • More powerful Apple M5 GPU (10-core) integrated graphics: 4.1 vs 1.7 TFLOPS
  • 2.4x faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4276 vs 1783 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 1135G7
vs
M5 (10-Core)

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i5 1135G7
238
M5 (10-Core) +397%
1183
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)
Core i5 1135G7
1783
M5 (10-Core) +140%
4276
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 1135G7
4930
M5 (10-Core) +262%
17862
File compression 415.2 MB/sec 1790 MB/sec
Clang compilation 31.2 Klines/sec 138 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 92.1 pages/sec 427.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 149.6 Mpixels/sec 430.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 149.6 pages/sec 421.1 pages/sec
Background blur 25 images/sec 78.7 images/sec
Photo processing 46.9 images/sec 156.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 6.1 Mpixels/sec 21.6 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)
Core i5 1135G7
2596
M5 (10-Core) +122%
5762
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 1135G7
9301
M5 (10-Core) +188%
26779
Integer math 31.3 GOps/sec 56.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 19 GOps/sec 75.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 34M Primes/sec 301M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 12.4M Strings/sec 35.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 5.3 GBytes/sec 17.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 101 MBytes/sec 296.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 559 Frames/sec 3199 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.2B Matrices/sec 15.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 17882 & 507 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 1135G7
56.94
M5 (10-Core) +385%
275.89

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 8.5 PPW 43.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 176.1 PPW 661.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 332.2 PPW 991.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.03 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 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
Add View all (4)
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
Add View all (3)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 1135G7 and Apple M5 (10-Core)

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released September 2, 2020 October 15, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Tiger Lake Apple M5
Model number i5-1135G7 T8142
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU Apple M5 GPU (10-core)
Rival Equivalent - - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225U -

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (P) 0.9-2.4 GHz 4.61 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 6
E-Threads - 6
Base Frequency (E) - 3.0 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 10
Total Threads 8 10
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 9-24x 46x
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 22MB (shared)
L3 Cache 8MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 28 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-28 W (configurable) 27 W
Socket BGA-1449 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Die Size - 157.48 mmΒ²

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU Apple M5 GPU (10-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 1620 MHz
Shading Units 640 1280
TMUs 40 80
ROPs 20 40
Execution Units 80 160
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 1135G7
1.7 TFLOPS
M5 (10-Core) +141%
4.1 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M5 GPU (10-Core) compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4267		 - LPDDR5X-9600
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 153.6 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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