Intel Core Ultra 7 155H vs Apple M6 (12-Core)

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 155H with 16-cores against the 4.79 GHz Apple M6 (12-Core) 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 (12-Core) and 155H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
  • Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-7467 RAM
  • Has 4 more physical cores
Advantages of Apple M6 (12-Core)
  • Newer - released 2 years and 9 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 7 nanometers
  • Around 80.4 GB/s (90%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 90% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4610 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)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 544 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3749 -
Cinebench Scores (165th and 91st 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)
20676
File compression 1220 MB/sec -
Clang compilation 100.8 Klines/sec -
HTML 5 Browser 270.5 pages/sec -
PDF Renderer 356.1 Mpixels/sec -
Text processing 243.4 pages/sec -
Background blur 49.2 images/sec -
Photo processing 117.2 images/sec -
Ray tracing 19.4 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 -
Floating point math 62.5 GOps/sec -
Find prime numbers 113M Primes/sec -
Random string sorting 31.6M Strings/sec -
Data encryption 16.1 GBytes/sec -
Data compression 273.8 MBytes/sec -
Physics 1701 Frames/sec -
Extended instructions 16.2B Matrices/sec -
Sources: PassMark [3] – 6648 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 -
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 192.5 PPW -
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 377.1 PPW -
Blender / Watt 2.65 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 M6 (12-Core)
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 155H and Apple M6 (12-Core)

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released December 14, 2023 August 25, 2026
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Meteor Lake Apple M6
Model number 155H T8152
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Apple M6 GPU (12-core)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 255H -
Intel CPU rating (#99th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 6
Base Frequency (P) 1.4 GHz 4.79 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 6
E-Threads 10 6
Base Frequency (E) 0.9 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 16 12
Total Threads 22 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 14x 47x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 256K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 8MB (shared)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 7 nm 2 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-65 W (configurable) -
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket FCBGA-2049 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 110Β°C -
Laptop processors ranking (128th and 10th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Apple M6 GPU (12-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 2250 MHz 1600 MHz
Shading Units 1024 1536
TMUs 64 96
ROPs 32 80
Execution Units 128 192
TGP 28 W -
iGPU FLOPS
4.6 TFLOPS
4.9 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-10667
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 170 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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