Intel Core Ultra 7 155H vs Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 155H with 16-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.

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 155H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
  • Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-7467 RAM
  • Has 10 more physical cores
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (8-Cores) integrated graphics: 4.6 vs 2.3 TFLOPS
  • Around 29.6 GB/s (49%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 19% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.05 GHz)
Advantages of Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 7 nanometers
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • 49% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3615 vs 2421 points
  • Newer - released 9 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 544 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3749 -
Cinebench Scores (#165th place)

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 1220 MB/sec 1050 MB/sec
Clang compilation 100.8 Klines/sec 58.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.5 pages/sec 201.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 356.1 Mpixels/sec 214.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 243.4 pages/sec 318.8 pages/sec
Background blur 49.2 images/sec 41 images/sec
Photo processing 117.2 images/sec 91.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 19.4 Mpixels/sec 9.18 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 910 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 85.8 GOps/sec 37.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 62.5 GOps/sec 25.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 113M Primes/sec 132M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 31.6M Strings/sec 17.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.1 GBytes/sec 8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 273.8 MBytes/sec 133.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 1701 Frames/sec 1380 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.2B Matrices/sec 6.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6648 & 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 14.7 PPW 70.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 192.5 PPW 922.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 377.1 PPW 1281.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.65 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 Ultra 7 155H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-22 (Alex Paulino)Cinebench 2026544 / 3749
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-15 (Ak-Dev)Geekbench 6 CPU2347 / 12862
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-08 (Anuj)Geekbench 6 CPU2248 / 12118
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-25 (Aya)Cinebench 202485 / 943
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-25 (Tarekcoupe)Cinebench 202496 / 930
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

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 155H and Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released December 14, 2023 September 9, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Meteor Lake Apple M4
Model number 155H APL1V07
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Apple A18 Pro GPU
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 255H -
Intel CPU rating (#99th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 2
P-Threads 12 2
Base Frequency (P) 1.4 GHz 2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 4.05 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 4
E-Threads 10 4
Base Frequency (E) 0.9 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz 2.42 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 6
Total Threads 22 6
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 14x 40x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 7 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-65 W (configurable) 10 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket FCBGA-2049 Custom
Peak Temperature 110Β°C -
Laptop processors ranking (128th and 70th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Apple A18 Pro GPU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 2250 MHz 1490 MHz
Shading Units 1024 768
TMUs 64 40
ROPs 32 -
Execution Units 128 128
TGP 28 W -
iGPU FLOPS
4.6 TFLOPS
2.3 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 8 GB
Memory Channels 2 4
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 60 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 155H official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 -
PCI Express Lanes 28 -

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