Apple M2 Ultra vs Intel Core i5 12500
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2023
Jan 2022
Manufacturer
Apple
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M2
Alder Lake-S
Integrated Graphics
Apple M2 Max GPU (76-core)
UHD Graphics 770
Processor Number
-
i5-12500
Package
Transistor Count
134 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
5 nm
10 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
LGA-1700
Power Consumption
60 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
6
Performance Core Threads
16
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
3.0 GHz
Efficiency Cores
8
-
Efficiency Core Threads
8
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
-
Total Core Count
24
6
Total Thread Count
24
12
Multiplier
35x
30x
L1 Cache
192 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
64 MB shared
1280 K per core
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
4.6 GHz
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
L3 Cache
-
18 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
192 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
16
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
800 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
-
300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
1450 MHz
Shader Units
-
256
Texture Units
-
16
Raster Operation Units
-
8
Execution Units
-
32
Power Consumption
-
15 W
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,729
1,805
Cinebench R23
28,910
12,471
Geekbench 6
2,790
2,032
Geekbench 5
1,956
1,737
Geekbench 6
21,217
6,066
Geekbench 5
27,945
8,674
Cinebench 2024
126
-
Cinebench 2024
1,918
-
Blender
505
136
Passmark CPU
4,137
3,680
Passmark CPU
48,776
19,747