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Apple M5 vs Intel Core i7-6560U
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M5
100 %
9C / 9T · 4.61 GHz
Intel Core i7-6560U
26 %
2C / 4T · 3.20 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M5
100 %
9C / 9T · 0.91 GHz
Intel Core i7-6560U
13 %
2C / 4T · 2.60 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple M5
100 %
Apple M5 (10 Core)
Intel Core i7-6560U
16 %
Intel Iris Graphics 540
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries
534 entries
AnTuTu 10 Benchmark
25 entries
25 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
945 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
941 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple M5 | Intel Core i7-6560U |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple M series (38) | Intel Core i7 (300) |
| CPU group | Apple M5 (6) | Intel Core i 6000U (20) |
| Architecture | M5 | Skylake U |
| Technology | 3 nm | 14 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA 1356 | |
| Predecessor | Apple M4 | |
| Successor | Intel Core i7-7560U |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple M5 | Intel Core i7-6560U |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 9 / 9 | 2 / 4 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Core Cluster 1: | 3x P-Core 0.91 - 4.61 GHz |
2x 2.20 - 3.20 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 6x E-Core 0.90 - 3.05 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 28.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple M5 | Intel Core i7-6560U |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple M5 (10 Core) | Intel Iris Graphics 540 |
| GPU frequency | 0.34 - 1.90 GHz | 0.30 - 1.05 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 160 / 1280 | 48 / 384 |
| Raytracing | ✓ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 24 GB | 32 GB |
| Technology | 3 nm | 14 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2025 | Q3/2015 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple M5 | Intel Core i7-6560U |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 60 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple M5 | Intel Core i7-6560U |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5X-9600 (153.6 GB/s) | DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s) LPDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 16 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 | 3.0 x 12 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 11.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple M5 | Intel Core i7-6560U |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 17 W | 15 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 15 W | 9.5 W |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple M5 | Intel Core i7-6560U |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | macOS, iPadOS | Windows 10, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv9.2-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 |
| Release date | Q4/2025 | Q3/2015 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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Most popular CPUs in both categories
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Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
2
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
3
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
4
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
5
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
6
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 4.46 GHz
7
Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
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Apple M5
9C / 9T · 4.61 GHz
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Intel Core i7-6560U
2C / 4T · 3.20 GHz
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