Intel Core Ultra 7 155H vs Apple M2 Pro

57 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
VS
65 out of 100
Apple M2 Pro

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 155H with 16-cores against the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 Pro with 12-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 11 months later
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of Apple M2 Pro
  • Around 115.2 GB/s (129%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • More powerful Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) integrated graphics: 6.8 vs 4.6 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • 10% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2666 vs 2421 points

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)
795
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)
M2 Pro +10%
2666
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M2 Pro +16%
14489
File compression 1220 MB/sec 1630 MB/sec
Clang compilation 100.8 Klines/sec 125.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.5 pages/sec 356.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 356.1 Mpixels/sec 352.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 243.4 pages/sec 266.9 pages/sec
Background blur 49.2 images/sec 53.8 images/sec
Photo processing 117.2 images/sec 126.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 19.4 Mpixels/sec 17 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 910 & 917 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M2 Pro +20%
4089
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M2 Pro +9%
26724
Integer math 85.8 GOps/sec 57.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 62.5 GOps/sec 73.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 113M Primes/sec 354M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 31.6M Strings/sec 40.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.1 GBytes/sec 15.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 273.8 MBytes/sec 334.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1701 Frames/sec 3611 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.2B Matrices/sec 14.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6648 & 584 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M2 Pro +15%
198.23

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 483 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 377.1 PPW 890.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.65 PPW 6.61 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 M2 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-23 (Roman)Cinebench 2024125 / 795

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 155H and Apple M2 Pro

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released December 14, 2023 January 17, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Meteor Lake Apple M2
Model number 155H -
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-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 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 4
E-Threads 10 4
Base Frequency (E) 0.9 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 16 12
Total Threads 22 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 14x -
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 32MB (shared)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 40 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 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (128th and 74th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2250 MHz 1398 MHz
Shading Units 1024 2432
TMUs 64 152
ROPs 32 76
Execution Units 128 304
TGP 28 W 35 W
iGPU FLOPS
4.6 TFLOPS
M2 Pro +48%
6.8 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 4
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 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 -

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