Apple M2 vs Intel Core i5 8257U
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jun 2022
Jul 2019
Manufacturer
Apple
Intel
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M2
Coffee Lake
Integrated Graphics
Apple M2 GPU
Iris Plus Graphics 645
Processor Number
-
i5-8257U
Package
Transistor Count
20 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
5 nm
14 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
BGA-1528
Power Consumption
15 W
15 W
Peak Operating Temperature
-
100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
4
Performance Core Threads
4
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
1.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.4 GHz
3.9 GHz
Efficiency Cores
4
-
Efficiency Core Threads
4
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
-
Total Core Count
8
4
Total Thread Count
8
8
L1 Cache
192 K per core
32 K per core
L2 Cache
16 MB shared
256 K per core
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Multiplier
-
14x
L3 Cache
-
6 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Max Memory Size
24 GB
32 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
102.4 GB/s
37.5 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1398 MHz
1050 MHz
Shader Units
1024
384
Texture Units
64
48
Raster Operation Units
32
6
Execution Units
128
48
Power Consumption
15 W
15 W
Max Resolution
6016x3384 - 60 Hz
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
-
16
Extended Instruction Set
-
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
📊 Benchmark
Geekbench 6
2,694
1,210
Geekbench 6
10,130
3,922
Cinebench R23
-
996
Cinebench R23
-
4,031
Geekbench 5
-
916
Geekbench 5
-
3,820