Intel Core i5-13500H vs Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU). Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 13000H Apple M1
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Apple M series
• Generation
  13 1
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-12500H -
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  4x Raptor Cove 8x Firestorm
• A-Core Frequency
  2.60 GHz (4.70 GHz) -
• B-Core
  8x Gracemont 2x Icestorm
• B-Core Frequency
  1.90 GHz (3.50 GHz) -
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  12 10
• CPU Threads
  16 10
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Base Frequency
  - 3.2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (10 Cores)
  - No turbo

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

• DirectX Version
  12.1 -
• Execution units
  80 256
• Generation
  13 1
• GPU Frequency
  400 MHz 1300 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake) Apple M1 Pro (16 Core)
• GPU Turbo
  1450 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  4 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB 16 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q3/2021
• Shader
  640 2048
• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm

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

• AV1
  Decode No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) and Intel Core i5-13500H. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 32 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  76.8 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-5200LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR5-6400
• PCIe
  5.0 x 28 4.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-13500H and Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C -
• TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
  45 W -
• TDP (PL2)
  115 W -
• TDP down
  35 W -
• TDP up
  95 W 40 W
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 30 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-13500H and Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU), virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Raptor Lake H M1
• Chip design
  Monolithic -
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L2-Cache
  - 28 MB
• L3-Cache
  18 MB -
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux -
• Part Number
  - APL 1103
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q3/2021
• Release price
  342 $ -
• Socket
  BGA 1744 -
• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None