7 245HX vs Apple M5 Pro 18-Core
Aggregate performance score
M5 Pro 18-Core outperforms Core 7 245HX by a substantial 39% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 173 | 311 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Intel Arrow Lake |
| Designer | Apple | Intel |
| Architecture codename | no data | Arrow Lake-HX (2025−2026) |
| Release date | 3 March 2026 (less than a year ago) | 1 April 2026 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic parameters of M5 Pro 18-Core and Core 7 245HX: number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 18 (Octadeca-Core) | 14 (Tetradeca-Core) |
| Threads | 18 | 14 |
| Base clock speed | 3.048 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.61 GHz | 5.1 GHz |
| L2 cache | 32 MB | 24 MB |
| L3 cache | 24 MB | 26 MB |
| Chip lithography | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Intel Graphics 3-Core iGPU (Arrow Lake) (300 - 1800 MHz) |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 33.52 | 24.20 |
| Physical cores | 18 | 14 |
| Threads | 18 | 14 |
Apple M5 Pro 18-Core has a 39% higher aggregate performance score, and 29% more physical cores and 29% more threads.
The Apple M5 Pro 18-Core is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Core 7 245HX in performance tests.
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