Laptop Processor (CPU) Ranking 2026

Apple M5 Max (18-core) leads 110 laptop processors with an Inno Score of 89/100. Ordered by overall Inno Score — computed from real benchmark and spec data, updated as new devices launch. Click a column to re-rank. Last updated Sep 28, 2026.

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#	Device	Inno Score	Single-core	Multi-core	Efficiency	iGPU	Platform	Price
1	Apple M5 Max (18-core)Apple · 2026	89.0	92	97	93	—	62	—
2	Apple M5 Pro (18-core)Apple · 2026	87.4	92	95	93	—	58	—
3	Apple M4 Max (16-core)Apple · 2024	81.1	87	81	93	—	60	—
4	Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite ExtremeQualcomm · 2025	78.6	87	79	93	76	51	—
5	Apple M6 (12-core)Apple · 2026	78.4	98	71	100	—	42	—
6	AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395AMD · 2025	75.7	72	84	42	100	80	—
7	Apple M4 Pro (14-core)Apple · 2024	75.2	85	71	93	—	51	—
8	Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX PlusIntel · 2026	73.9	79	87	44	61	74	—
9	Apple M3 Max (16-core)Apple · 2023	72.9	71	71	93	—	60	—
10	Intel Core Ultra 9 285HXIntel · 2025	72.2	77	83	44	61	74	—
11	Intel Core Ultra 9 275HXIntel · 2025	71.7	75	83	44	61	74	—
12	Apple M5 (10-core)Apple · 2025	70.1	94	56	93	—	40	—
13	Intel Core Ultra X9 388HIntel · 2026	69.6	75	61	81	88	56	—
14	AMD Ryzen 9 9955HXAMD · 2025	69.5	74	82	42	33	84	—
15	Intel Core Ultra 7 356HIntel · 2026	68.2	80	58	81	70	58	—
16	AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470AMD · 2026	67.9	71	61	74	73	71	—
17	Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite X2E-80-100Qualcomm · 2025	67.1	81	58	93	68	38	—
18	AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370AMD · 2024	66.6	68	59	74	73	71	—
19	Intel Core Ultra 9 386HIntel · 2026	66.5	70	60	81	70	58	—
20	Intel Core Ultra 9 285HIntel · 2025	66.4	75	65	56	76	61	—
21	Intel Core Ultra 7 255HIntel · 2025	65.3	70	57	76	76	61	—
22	Apple M4 (10-core)Apple · 2024	65.2	84	51	93	—	40	—
23	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HXAMD · 2023	64.7	70	76	40	33	75	—
24	AMD Ryzen AI 9 365AMD · 2024	64.2	67	54	74	73	68	—
25	Intel Core i9-14900HXIntel · 2024	63.4	73	72	29	40	78	$668
26	Apple M3 Pro (12-core)Apple · 2023	62.7	71	52	93	—	43	—
27	Intel Core Ultra 7 251HXIntel · 2026	62.6	67	65	44	—	68	—
28	AMD Ryzen AI 7 450AMD · 2026	62.5	70	53	74	—	62	—
29	Intel Core i9-13980HXIntel · 2023	61.6	70	70	29	40	75	$668
30	AMD Ryzen AI 7 350AMD · 2025	60.7	65	50	74	67	62	—
31	AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360AMD · 2024	60.6	66	47	74	73	62	—
32	Intel Core Ultra 5 225HIntel · 2025	60.4	67	49	76	66	57	—
33	Intel Core i7-14700HXIntel · 2024	60.3	71	66	29	40	74	$502
34	AMD Ryzen 9 8945HSAMD · 2023	60.2	64	53	65	69	62	—
35	AMD Ryzen 7 8845HSAMD · 2023	59.5	62	52	65	69	62	—
36	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HSAMD · 2023	59.2	62	51	65	69	62	—
37	Apple M2 Max (12-core)Apple · 2023	59.1	60	52	80	—	53	—
38	AMD Ryzen 7 7840UAMD · 2023	59.0	61	48	74	69	62	—
39	Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100Qualcomm · 2024	59.0	62	55	79	62	42	—
40	Intel Core Ultra 7 155HIntel · 2023	57.9	57	48	67	73	63	—
41	Apple M3 (8-core)Apple · 2023	57.6	70	43	93	—	35	—
42	AMD Ryzen 7 8840UAMD · 2023	57.4	63	44	74	69	56	—
43	Intel Core Ultra 7 256VIntel · 2024	57.4	65	42	89	77	36	—
44	Intel Core Ultra 7 258VIntel · 2024	57.4	63	42	89	77	40	—
45	Intel Core Ultra 9 185HIntel · 2023	57.3	60	53	47	73	63	—
46	Apple M2 Pro (12-core)Apple · 2023	57.0	60	51	80	—	42	—
47	Intel Core Ultra 9 288VIntel · 2024	56.6	67	44	73	77	40	—
48	AMD Ryzen 7 250AMD · 2025	56.3	60	46	74	69	49	—
49	AMD Ryzen 5 8645HSAMD · 2023	55.4	59	44	65	65	59	—
50	Intel Core Ultra 5 125HIntel · 2023	55.2	55	45	67	70	58	—
51	Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100Qualcomm · 2024	55.1	52	52	79	57	42	—
52	Intel Core i7-13700HIntel · 2023	54.5	63	53	41	56	59	—
53	Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-64-100Qualcomm · 2024	53.9	52	49	79	57	41	—
54	AMD Ryzen 7 7735HSAMD · 2023	53.8	59	44	61	64	53	—
55	Intel Core Ultra 5 125UIntel · 2023	53.7	61	38	82	—	52	—
56	Intel Core Ultra 5 226VIntel · 2024	53.7	58	39	89	74	33	—
57	Intel Core i9-12900HKIntel · 2022	53.5	61	51	41	56	59	—
58	Apple M1 Pro (10-core)Apple · 2021	53.2	55	46	80	—	40	—
59	Intel Core i7-12700HIntel · 2022	52.7	59	50	41	56	59	—
60	Intel Core i7-1355UIntel · 2023	52.6	61	37	75	56	50	—
61	Intel Core i7-1360PIntel · 2023	52.3	60	42	60	56	54	—
62	Intel Core Ultra 7 155UIntel · 2023	52.3	54	38	82	—	52	—
63	Intel Core 5 120UIntel · 2024	51.6	60	36	75	—	50	—
64	Intel Core i7-13620HIntel · 2023	51.4	62	46	41	48	59	—
65	AMD Ryzen 7 6800HAMD · 2022	50.6	52	45	49	64	53	—
66	Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100Qualcomm · 2024	50.6	52	44	89	45	29	—
67	Apple M2 (8-core)Apple · 2022	50.4	58	39	80	—	35	—
68	Intel Core i5-1335UIntel · 2023	50.4	56	36	75	50	50	—
69	Intel Core i7-1260PIntel · 2022	50.4	58	39	60	—	54	—
70	AMD Ryzen 7 7730UAMD · 2023	50.2	48	37	82	—	53	—
71	AMD Ryzen 5 220AMD · 2025	50.0	53	39	74	55	45	—
72	Intel Core i5-13500HIntel · 2023	49.8	59	46	41	50	54	—
73	Intel Core i5-1340PIntel · 2023	49.4	56	39	60	50	51	—
74	AMD Ryzen 7 5800UAMD · 2021	49.3	47	37	82	50	49	—
75	Qualcomm Snapdragon X X1-26-100Qualcomm · 2025	48.9	46	43	79	45	39	—
76	AMD Ryzen 5 7530UAMD · 2023	48.6	48	34	82	—	50	—
77	Intel Core i7-1255UIntel · 2022	48.6	53	33	75	56	48	—
78	Intel Core i5-12500HIntel · 2022	48.4	55	44	41	50	54	—
79	AMD Ryzen 5 7535HSAMD · 2023	48.2	50	39	61	55	50	—
80	Intel Core i5-1240PIntel · 2022	48.0	52	39	60	—	51	—
81	Apple M1 (8-core)Apple · 2020	47.3	54	36	80	—	31	—
82	Intel Core i5-1235UIntel · 2022	46.9	50	31	75	50	48	—
83	AMD Ryzen 7 5800HAMD · 2021	46.7	48	42	47	50	53	—
84	Intel Core i7-11800HIntel · 2021	46.3	52	41	41	38	61	—
85	Intel Core i3-1215UIntel · 2022	45.4	51	29	75	48	43	—
86	Intel Core i5-13420HIntel · 2023	45.2	56	38	41	42	50	—
87	AMD Ryzen 7 5700UAMD · 2021	45.1	40	33	82	50	41	—
88	Intel Core i7-1185G7Intel · 2020	44.6	50	31	60	56	45	—
89	Intel Core i7-1165G7Intel · 2020	44.1	49	30	60	56	45	—
90	AMD Ryzen 5 5600HAMD · 2021	43.6	46	37	47	46	50	—
91	AMD Ryzen 5 5500UAMD · 2021	43.0	38	32	82	46	37	—
92	AMD Ryzen 7 4700UAMD · 2020	43.0	39	33	82	46	32	—
93	Intel Core i5-1135G7Intel · 2020	41.8	50	28	60	—	42	—
94	AMD Ryzen 7 4800HAMD · 2020	41.1	40	38	47	46	41	—
95	Intel Core i7-1065G7Intel · 2019	40.8	39	28	75	40	42	—
96	AMD Ryzen 5 7520UAMD · 2022	39.3	36	28	84	—	27	—
97	Intel Core i7-10870HIntel · 2020	38.8	41	36	32	27	57	—
98	Intel Core i7-10750HIntel · 2020	37.9	46	32	32	27	52	—
99	Intel Core i7-10510UIntel · 2019	37.3	38	26	66	26	42	—
100	Intel Core i3-N305Intel · 2023	36.9	31	28	75	34	31	—
101	Intel Core i7-8550UIntel · 2017	35.9	38	24	66	26	37	$409
102	Intel Core i5-10210UIntel · 2019	35.6	33	25	66	26	39	—
103	Intel Core i7-10710UIntel · 2019	35.6	29	25	66	26	48	—
104	Intel Processor N250Intel · 2025	34.4	27	22	82	34	28	$193
105	Intel Core i5-8250UIntel · 2017	34.1	32	24	66	26	35	—
106	Intel Processor N150Intel · 2025	34.1	30	23	82	23	28	$128
107	AMD Ryzen 7 3700UAMD · 2019	32.4	22	25	71	40	24	—
108	Intel Pentium Silver N6000Intel · 2021	31.2	23	21	82	22	24	—
109	Intel Celeron N4500Intel · 2021	30.0	20	20	82	20	24	—
110	Intel Celeron N4020Intel · 2019	28.0	20	20	73	20	20	—

Awaiting benchmark data

Listed but not ranked: we have the specifications for these, but not yet the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires. Each joins the table as soon as those results are in.

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Compare the leaders

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Laptop Processor ranking FAQ

What is the best laptop processor in 2026?

Apple M5 Max (18-core) currently tops our laptop processor (cpu) ranking with an Inno Score of 89/100, ahead of the Apple M5 Pro (18-core) (87.4) and the Apple M4 Max (16-core) (81.1).

How is this laptop processor ranking calculated?

Each laptop processor is scored out of 100 from published specs and benchmark results using our public Inno Score methodology — sub-scores for single-core, multi-core, efficiency, igpu, platform are weighted into one overall score. No sponsored placements.

Which laptop processor offers the best value for money?

Intel Processor N150 has the strongest score-per-dollar in this list: Inno Score 34.1/100 at a $128 launch price.