Apple M2 Ultra vs Intel Core i5 8259U
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2023
Apr 2018
Manufacturer
Apple
Intel
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M2
Coffee Lake
Integrated Graphics
Apple M2 Max GPU (76-core)
Iris Plus Graphics 655
Processor Number
-
i5-8259U
Package
Transistor Count
134 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
5 nm
14 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
BGA-1528
Power Consumption
60 W
28 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
4
Performance Core Threads
16
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
2.3 GHz
Efficiency Cores
8
-
Efficiency Core Threads
8
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
-
Total Core Count
24
4
Total Thread Count
24
8
Multiplier
35x
23x
L1 Cache
192 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
64 MB shared
256 K per core
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
3.8 GHz
L3 Cache
-
6 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Max Memory Size
192 GB
32 GB
Max Memory Channels
16
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
800 GB/s
37.5 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
-
300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
1050 MHz
Shader Units
-
384
Texture Units
-
48
Raster Operation Units
-
6
Execution Units
-
48
Power Consumption
-
15 W
Max Resolution
-
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
-
16
Extended Instruction Set
-
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,729
-
Cinebench R23
28,910
-
Geekbench 6
2,790
1,220
Geekbench 5
1,956
-
Geekbench 6
21,217
4,337
Geekbench 5
27,945
-
Cinebench 2024
126
-
Cinebench 2024
1,918
-
Blender
505
-
Passmark CPU
4,137
-
Passmark CPU
48,776
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