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Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU) vs Intel Core i5-13490F

Last updated: 2026-05-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 93 %

Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-13490F

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 81 %

Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-13490F

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

1,534 pts

10C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

1,872 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

9,569 pts

10C / 16T · 4.20 GHz

16,572 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

2,397

10C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

2,414

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

10,412

10C / 16T · 4.20 GHz

10,750

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

1,768

10C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

1,834

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

9,996

10C / 16T · 4.20 GHz

11,204

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)	Intel Core i5-13490F
Family	Apple M series (38)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Apple M1 (9)	Intel Core i 13000 (AL) (16)
Architecture	M1	Alder Lake S Refresh
Technology	5 nm	10 nm
Segment	Notebook	Desktop
Socket		LGA 1700
Predecessor		Intel Core i5-12490F
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)	Intel Core i5-13490F
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8	10 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	6x Firestorm 0.60 - 3.20 GHz	6x Golden Cove 2.50 - 4.80 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	2x Icestorm 0.60 - 2.06 GHz	4x Gracemont 1.80 - 3.50 GHz
L2-Cache	24.00 MB	9.50 MB
L3-Cache		24.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)	Intel Core i5-13490F
GPU name	Apple M1 Pro (14 Core)	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.39 - 1.30 GHz
CUs / Shader	224 / 1792	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB
Technology	5 nm
Release date	Q3/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)	Intel Core i5-13490F
AI hardware	Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications	16 Neural cores @ 11 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)	Intel Core i5-13490F
Memory	LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	4.0	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth		78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)	Intel Core i5-13490F
TDP	35 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)		148 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)	Intel Core i5-13490F
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	macOS	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	Armv8.5-A (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date	Q3/2021	Q2/2023
Release price
Documents		Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 0.60 - 3.20 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-13490F
10C / 16T · 2.50 - 4.80 GHz

★★★★★