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Intel Core i5 13500H vs Apple M1

52 out of 100
Intel Core i5 13500H
VS
53 out of 100
Apple M1
Intel Core i5 13500H
Apple M1

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5 13500H with 12-cores against the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 with 8-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 M1 and 13500H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 13500H
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Newer - released 2 years and 2 months later
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
Advantages of Apple M1
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Apple M1 GPU integrated graphics: 2.6 vs 1.9 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 13500H
vs
Apple M1

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core i5 13500H
101
Apple M1 +9%
110
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i5 13500H +51%
794
Apple M1
525
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 570 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3478 -
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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 13500H +2%
2451
Apple M1
2410
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 13500H +32%
11249
Apple M1
8547
File compression 1040 MB/sec 941 MB/sec
Clang compilation 80.4 Klines/sec 68.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 277.6 pages/sec 192.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 349.1 Mpixels/sec 211.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 245.9 pages/sec 250.8 pages/sec
Background blur 47.8 images/sec 34.1 images/sec
Photo processing 101.9 images/sec 60.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 15.7 Mpixels/sec 9.74 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 501 & 760 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 13500H
3368
Apple M1 +9%
3673
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 13500H +48%
20909
Apple M1
14123
Integer math 71.4 GOps/sec 33.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 51.1 GOps/sec 35.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 73M Primes/sec 141M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 27.5M Strings/sec 21M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.6 GBytes/sec 8.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 248.2 MBytes/sec 168 MBytes/sec
Physics 1257 Frames/sec 1359 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.5B Matrices/sec 7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1766 & 10702 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 13500H +79%
170.75
Apple M1
95.27

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17.6 PPW 37.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 250 PPW 610.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 464.6 PPW 1008.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.79 PPW 6.81 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 13500H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-08 (jhu)Cinebench 2026570 / 3478
πŸ“˜ 2023-11-26 (SAIMON)Cinebench 202458 / 615
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Apple M1
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-25 -> op1Geekbench 6 CPU2273 / 7967
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-24 -> op1Geekbench 6 CPU2420 / 8793
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-06 (gaR)Geekbench 6 CPU2396 / 8763
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Ario)Geekbench 6 CPU2395 / 8820
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Ario)Cinebench 2024110 / 465
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 13500H and Apple M1

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released January 3, 2023 November 20, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Raptor Lake Apple M1
Model number i5-13500H -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Apple M1 GPU
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 235H - Apple M5 (10-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#140th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.6 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 4
E-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.9 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 16 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 26x -
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 12MB (shared)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 16 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 14 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 95 W -
Socket BGA-1744 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C -
Laptop processors ranking (183rd and 172nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Apple M1 GPU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1450 MHz 1278 MHz
Shading Units 640 1024
TMUs 40 64
ROPs 20 32
Execution Units 80 128
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 13500H
1.9 TFLOPS
Apple M1 +37%
2.6 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M1 GPU (8-core) compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - LPDDR4X-4266
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 16 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 68.25 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 13500H official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 -

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