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Intel Core Ultra 5 226V vs Apple M1

55 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
VS
53 out of 100
Apple M1
Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
Apple M1

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 226V against the 3.2 GHz Apple M1. 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 226V
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
  • Newer - released 3 years and 10 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 5 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • More powerful Intel Arc Graphics 130V integrated graphics: 3.3 vs 2.6 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 226V
vs
Apple M1

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Submit your benchmark results

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core Ultra 5 226V +4%
2516
Apple M1
2410
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 5 226V +13%
9636
Apple M1
8547
File compression 906.1 MB/sec 941 MB/sec
Clang compilation 57.9 Klines/sec 68.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 253.7 pages/sec 192.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 269.4 Mpixels/sec 211.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 277.9 pages/sec 250.8 pages/sec
Background blur 46.5 images/sec 34.1 images/sec
Photo processing 105.2 images/sec 60.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.3 Mpixels/sec 9.74 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 760 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core Ultra 5 226V +2%
3756
Apple M1
3673
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 5 226V +27%
17883
Apple M1
14123
Integer math 38.6 GOps/sec 33.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 52.3 GOps/sec 35.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 166M Primes/sec 141M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 20.9M Strings/sec 21M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.7 GBytes/sec 8.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 171.3 MBytes/sec 168 MBytes/sec
Physics 1453 Frames/sec 1359 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.8B Matrices/sec 7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 568 & 10702 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 13.8 PPW 37.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 260.4 PPW 610.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 483.3 PPW 1008.8 PPW
Blender / Watt - 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 Ultra 5 226V
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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 Ultra 5 226V and Apple M1

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released September 4, 2024 November 20, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Lunar Lake Apple M1
Model number 226V -
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 130V Apple M1 GPU
Successor - - Apple M5 (10-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#110th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 4
E-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (E) 2.1 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 21x -
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 12MB (shared)
L3 Cache 8MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 16 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 17-37 W (configurable) 14 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 37 W -
Socket FCBGA-2833 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C -
Laptop processors ranking (148th and 172nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics 130V Apple M1 GPU
GPU Base Clock 600 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1850 MHz 1278 MHz
Shading Units 896 1024
TMUs - 64
ROPs - 32
Execution Units - 128
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 226V +27%
3.3 TFLOPS
Apple M1
2.6 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M1 GPU (8-core) compared to Arc 130V

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - LPDDR4X-4266
Max. Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 68.25 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 226V official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 8 -

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Total votes: 11

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Comments

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