Intel Core i5-1235U vs Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU). Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  Intel Core i5 Apple M series
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 1200P/1200U Apple M1
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  12 1

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  10 / 12 8 / 8
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  2x Golden Cove 6x Firestorm
• B-Core
  8x Gracemont 2x Icestorm
• Frequency
  1.30 GHz 3.20 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.40 GHz No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake) Apple M1 Pro (14 Core)
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz 1.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.20 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  80 224
• Shader
  640 1792
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 32 GB
• Max. displays
  4 3
• Generation
  13 1
• Direct X
  12.1 --
• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q3/2021

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU) and Intel Core i5-1235U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200 LPDDR5-6400
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• ECC
  No No
• PCIe
  4.0 x 28 4.0
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-1235U and Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU) to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 30 W
• TDP (PL2)
  55 W --
• TDP up
  -- 40 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-1235U and Intel Core i5-1235U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L2-Cache
  6.50 MB 24.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  12.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Alder Lake U M1
• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None
• Socket
  BGA 1744 N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q3/2021
• Part Number
  -- APL 1103