Intel Core Ultra 7 155H vs Apple M5 (10-Core)

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 155H with 16-cores against the 4.61 GHz Apple M5 (10-Core) 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 (10-Core) and 155H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
  • Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-7467 RAM
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of Apple M5 (10-Core)
  • Newer - released 1 year and 11 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 7 nanometers
  • 77% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4276 vs 2421 points
  • Around 64 GB/s (71%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

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 4456
Cinebench Scores (165th and 113th 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)
17862
File compression 1220 MB/sec 1790 MB/sec
Clang compilation 100.8 Klines/sec 138 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.5 pages/sec 427.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 356.1 Mpixels/sec 430.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 243.4 pages/sec 421.1 pages/sec
Background blur 49.2 images/sec 78.7 images/sec
Photo processing 117.2 images/sec 156.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 19.4 Mpixels/sec 21.6 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 56.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 62.5 GOps/sec 75.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 113M Primes/sec 301M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 31.6M Strings/sec 35.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.1 GBytes/sec 17.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 273.8 MBytes/sec 296.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1701 Frames/sec 3199 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.2B Matrices/sec 15.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6648 & 507 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
275.89

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 14.7 PPW 43.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 192.5 PPW 661.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 377.1 PPW 991.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.65 PPW 10.22 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 M5 (10-Core)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-29 -> knotp37Cinebench 20260 / 3841
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-05 -> maheshkondrajuGeekbench 6 CPU4224 / 17165
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-27 -> RennsportGeekbench 6 CPU4289 / 18011

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 155H and Apple M5 (10-Core)

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released December 14, 2023 October 15, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Meteor Lake Apple M5
Model number 155H T8142
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Apple M5 GPU (10-core)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 255H -
Intel CPU rating (#99th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 4
Base Frequency (P) 1.4 GHz 4.61 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 6
E-Threads 10 6
Base Frequency (E) 0.9 GHz 3.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 16 10
Total Threads 22 10
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 14x 46x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 22MB (shared)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 28 billions
Fabrication Process 7 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-65 W (configurable) 27 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket FCBGA-2049 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 100Β°C
Die Size - 157.48 mmΒ²
Laptop processors ranking (128th and 21st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Apple M5 GPU (10-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 2250 MHz 1620 MHz
Shading Units 1024 1280
TMUs 64 80
ROPs 32 40
Execution Units 128 160
TGP 28 W -
iGPU FLOPS
4.6 TFLOPS
4.1 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-9600
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 153.6 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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