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Intel Core i5 13600K vs Apple M1

67 out of 100
Intel Core i5 13600K
VS
51 out of 100
Apple M1
Intel Core i5 13600K
Apple M1

We compared two CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Intel Core i5 13600K (desktop) with 14-cores against the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 (laptop) 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

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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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between M1 and 13600K
Advantages of Intel Core i5 13600K
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 1 year and 11 months later
  • Around 21.35 GB/s (31%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 13% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2718 vs 2410 points
Advantages of Apple M1
  • More powerful Apple M1 GPU integrated graphics: 2.6 vs 0.8 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 13600K
vs
Apple M1

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core i5 13600K +7%
118
Apple M1
110
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i5 13600K +146%
1289
Apple M1
525
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 492 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 5581 -
Cinebench Scores (#94th 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 13600K +13%
2718
Apple M1
2410
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 13600K +88%
16101
Apple M1
8547
File compression 1300 MB/sec 941 MB/sec
Clang compilation 134.7 Klines/sec 68.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.2 pages/sec 192.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 465.8 Mpixels/sec 211.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 277.2 pages/sec 250.8 pages/sec
Background blur 68.3 images/sec 34.1 images/sec
Photo processing 136 images/sec 60.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 30.1 Mpixels/sec 9.74 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 448 & 760 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 13600K +12%
4111
Apple M1
3673
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 13600K +165%
37461
Apple M1
14123
Integer math 122 GOps/sec 33.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 90.2 GOps/sec 35.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 153M Primes/sec 141M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 50.8M Strings/sec 21M Strings/sec
Data encryption 26.9 GBytes/sec 8.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 473.1 MBytes/sec 168 MBytes/sec
Physics 2245 Frames/sec 1359 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 28.6B Matrices/sec 7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 5100 & 10702 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 13600K +226%
310.15
Apple M1
95.27

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 10.3 PPW 37.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 128.8 PPW 610.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 299.7 PPW 1008.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.48 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 13600K
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-09 (Shinigami)Cinebench 2026492 / 5581
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-29 (DSMJohn)Cinebench 2024118 / 1289
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-20 (io)Cinebench 2024114 / 1206
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-09 (stuchi)Cinebench 2024124 / 1248
πŸ“˜ 2024-09-23 (Fireman12402)Cinebench 2024112 / 1258
Add View all (6)
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
Add View all (8)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 13600K and Apple M1

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released September 27, 2022 November 20, 2020
Type Desktop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Raptor Lake Apple M1
Model number i5-13600K -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 Apple M1 GPU
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 7600X -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus - Apple M5 (10-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#60th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 4
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 4
E-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (E) 2.6 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.9 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 8
Total Threads 20 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 35x -
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 12MB (shared)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Transistors - 16 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 14 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 181 W -
Socket LGA-1700 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C -
Desktop CPU ranking (#61st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 Apple M1 GPU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1278 MHz
Shading Units 256 1024
TMUs 16 64
ROPs 8 32
Execution Units 32 128
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 13600K
0.8 TFLOPS
Apple M1 +225%
2.6 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M1 GPU (8-core) compared to UHD Graphics 770

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - LPDDR4X-4266
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 16 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 68.25 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 13600K official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 -

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