Intel Core Ultra 7 155H vs Apple M1 Pro

57 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
VS
58 out of 100
Apple M1 Pro

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 155H with 16-cores against the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Pro with 10-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 Pro and 155H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
  • Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-7467 RAM
  • Newer - released 2 years and 2 months later
  • Has 6 more physical cores
Advantages of Apple M1 Pro
  • Around 115.2 GB/s (129%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • More powerful Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) integrated graphics: 5.3 vs 4.6 TFLOPS

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)
796
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 544 444
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3749 3334
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)
2328
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
12515
10305
File compression 1220 MB/sec 1230 MB/sec
Clang compilation 100.8 Klines/sec 82.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.5 pages/sec 249.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 356.1 Mpixels/sec 271.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 243.4 pages/sec 246.4 pages/sec
Background blur 49.2 images/sec 36.9 images/sec
Photo processing 117.2 images/sec 102.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 19.4 Mpixels/sec 10.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 910 & 593 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M1 Pro +11%
3795
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
24509
21934
Integer math 85.8 GOps/sec 45.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 62.5 GOps/sec 64 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 113M Primes/sec 272M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 31.6M Strings/sec 32.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.1 GBytes/sec 12.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 273.8 MBytes/sec 272.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 1701 Frames/sec 2696 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.2B Matrices/sec 12.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6648 & 2437 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M1 Pro +9%
186.87

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 14.7 PPW 26.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 192.5 PPW 343.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 377.1 PPW 731.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.65 PPW 6.23 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 M1 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-27 (bbffx)Geekbench 6 CPU2450 / 12944
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-27 (bbffx)Cinebench 2026444 / 3334
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-27 (bbffx)Cinebench 2024115 / 857
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-23 (anon121434)Cinebench 202499 / 682
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-19 (serhii)Cinebench 2024109 / 796

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 155H and Apple M1 Pro

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released December 14, 2023 October 18, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Meteor Lake Apple M1
Model number 155H -
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 255H - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#99th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.4 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 2
E-Threads 10 2
Base Frequency (E) 0.9 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 16 10
Total Threads 22 10
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 14x -
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 24MB (shared)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 33.7 billions
Fabrication Process 7 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-65 W (configurable) 30 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket FCBGA-2049 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 110Β°C -
Laptop processors ranking (128th and 124th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2250 MHz 1296 MHz
Shading Units 1024 2048
TMUs 64 128
ROPs 32 64
Execution Units 128 256
TGP 28 W 30 W
iGPU FLOPS
4.6 TFLOPS
M1 Pro +15%
5.3 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 204.8 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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