Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) vs Intel Core i5-13500H

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Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i5-13500H
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Intel Core i5-13500H

CPU comparison

Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) or Intel Core i5-13500H - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) has 10 cores with 10 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) was released in Q1/2023.

The Intel Core i5-13500H has 12 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 96 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-13500H was released in Q1/2023.
Apple M series (23) Family Intel Core i5 (331)
Apple M2 (8) CPU group Intel Core i 13000H (26)
2 Generation 13
M2 Architecture Raptor Lake H
Mobile Segment Mobile
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 14-GPU) Predecessor Intel Core i5-12500H
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) has 10 CPU cores and can calculate 10 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) is 0.66 GHz (3.50 GHz) while the Intel Core i5-13500H has 12 CPU cores and 16 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-13500H is at 2.60 GHz (4.70 GHz).

Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Characteristic Intel Core i5-13500H
10 Cores 12
10 Threads 16
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
0.66 GHz (3.50 GHz)
6x Avalanche
A-Core 2.60 GHz (4.70 GHz)
4x Raptor Cove
0.60 GHz (2.42 GHz)
4x Blizzard
B-Core 1.90 GHz (3.50 GHz)
8x Gracemont

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Characteristic Intel Core i5-13500H
Apple Neural Engine AI hardware --
16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) or Intel Core i5-13500H has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Apple M2 Pro (16 Core) GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
0.45 GHz GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
1.40 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.45 GHz
2 GPU Generation 13
5 nm Technology 10 nm
3 Max. displays 4
256 Compute units 80
2048 Shader 640
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
-- DirectX Version 12.1

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Apple M2 Pro (16 Core) GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 Decode
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) can use up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 102.4 GB/s. The Intel Core i5-13500H supports up to 96 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 102.4 GB/s.

Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Characteristic Intel Core i5-13500H
LPDDR5-6400 Memory LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR4X-4266, DDR5-5200, DDR4-3200
32 GB Max. Memory 96 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
102.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s
No ECC Yes
28.00 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 18.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 5.0
-- PCIe lanes 28
-- PCIe Bandwidth 110.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) is 30 W, while the Intel Core i5-13500H has a TDP of 45 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Characteristic Intel Core i5-13500H
30 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 45 W
-- TDP (PL2) 115 W
-- TDP up 95 W
-- TDP down 35 W
100 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) is manufactured in 5 nm and has 28.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i5-13500H is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 18.00 MB cache.

Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Characteristic Intel Core i5-13500H
5 nm Technology 10 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8.5-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
-- Socket BGA 1744
Apple Virtualization Framework Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
macOS, iPadOS Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2023 Release date Q1/2023
-- Release price 342 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) (99%)
Intel Core i5-13500H (91%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) (94%)
Intel Core i5-13500H (95%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz
122 (100%)
Intel Core i5-13500H Intel Core i5-13500H
12C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
103 (84%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz
782 (96%)
Intel Core i5-13500H Intel Core i5-13500H
12C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
818 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz
1695 (97%)
Intel Core i5-13500H Intel Core i5-13500H
12C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
1739 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz
12125 (80%)
Intel Core i5-13500H Intel Core i5-13500H
12C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
15116 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz
1874 (100%)
Intel Core i5-13500H Intel Core i5-13500H
12C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
1718 (92%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz
12224 (100%)
Intel Core i5-13500H Intel Core i5-13500H
12C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
10420 (85%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz
2689 (100%)
Intel Core i5-13500H Intel Core i5-13500H
12C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
2351 (87%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz
12084 (100%)
Intel Core i5-13500H Intel Core i5-13500H
12C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
11050 (91%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
Apple M2 Pro (16 Core) @ 1.40 GHz
5680 (100%)
Intel Core i5-13500H Intel Core i5-13500H
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake) @ 1.45 GHz
1797 (32%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 GHz
21532 (94%)
Intel Core i5-13500H Intel Core i5-13500H
12C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
22910 (100%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
12,125 CB R23 MC @ 30 W
404 (100%)
Intel Core i5-13500H Intel Core i5-13500H
15,116 CB R23 MC @ 84 W
181 (45%)

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 0.66 GHz
15.8 (100%)
Intel Core i5-13500H Intel Core i5-13500H
12C 16T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Intel Core i5-13500H
Apple MacBook Pro 14 (2023)
Apple mac mini (2023)
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