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Intel Core i7-5550U vs Apple M5
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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
Intel Core i7-5550U
23 %
2C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
Apple M5
100 %
9C / 9T · 4.61 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i7-5550U
12 %
2C / 4T · 2.90 GHz
Apple M5
100 %
9C / 9T · 0.91 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Core i7-5550U
15 %
Intel HD Graphics 6000
Apple M5
100 %
Apple M5 (10 Core)
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
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
Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries
383 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-5550U | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i7 (300) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 5000U (16) | Apple M5 (6) |
| Architecture | Broadwell U | M5 |
| Technology | 14 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA 1168 | |
| Predecessor | Intel Core i7-4550U | Apple M4 |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-5550U | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 4 | 9 / 9 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x 2.00 - 3.00 GHz |
3x P-Core 0.91 - 4.61 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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Intel Core i7-5550U | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel HD Graphics 6000 | Apple M5 (10 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.30 - 1.00 GHz | 0.34 - 1.90 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 48 / 384 | 160 / 1280 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB | 24 GB |
| Technology | 14 nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2015 | Q4/2025 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-5550U | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| 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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Intel Core i7-5550U | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-9600 (153.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 2.0 x 12 | 4.0 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 6.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-5550U | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 15 W | 17 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 15 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-5550U | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv9.2-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME |
| Release date | Q1/2015 | Q4/2025 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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Apple M5
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Intel Core i7-5550U
2C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
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