Apple M1 vs Intel Core i3 5010U
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M1 with 8 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Core i3 5010U with 2 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Apple M1 's Advantages
Released 5 years and 10 months late
Higher specification of memory (4266 vs 1600)
Larger memory bandwidth (68.25GB/s vs 25.6GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 2.0)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)
Lower TDP (14W vs 15W)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Apple M1
+270%
1513
Intel Core i3 5010U
408
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Apple M1
+834%
7782
Intel Core i3 5010U
833
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M1
+216%
2231
Intel Core i3 5010U
706
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M1
+452%
8035
Intel Core i3 5010U
1453
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Apple M1
+224%
1757
Intel Core i3 5010U
542
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
Apple M1
+552%
7742
Intel Core i3 5010U
1186
Passmark CPU Single Core
Apple M1
+202%
3717
Intel Core i3 5010U
1228
Passmark CPU Multi Core
Apple M1
+556%
14218
Intel Core i3 5010U
2166
General Parameters
Nov 2020
Release Date
Jan 2015
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
ARMv8
Instruction Set
x86-64
Icestorm and Firestorm
Core Architecture
Broadwell
-
Processor Number
i3-5010U
Apple M-Socket
Socket
BGA-1168
Apple M1 GPU
Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 5500
Package
16 billions
Transistor Count
-
5 nm
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
14 W
Power Consumption
15 W
-
Peak Operating Temperature
105 °C
CPU Performance
8
Performance Cores
2
8
Performance Core Threads
4
2.1 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.1 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
8
Total Core Count
2
8
Total Thread Count
4
-
Multiplier
21x
192 K per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
12 MB shared
L2 Cache
256 K per core
-
L3 Cache
3 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
LPDDR4X-4266
Memory Types
DDR3L-1600, LPDDR3-1600
16 GB
Max Memory Size
16 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
68.25 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
25.6 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
450 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
-
1278 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
900 MHz
1024
Shader Units
-
64
Texture Units
-
32
Raster Operation Units
-
128
Execution Units
-
15 W
Power Consumption
-
6016x3384 - 60 Hz
Max Resolution
-
2.6 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
-
Miscellaneous
4.0
PCIe Version
2.0
-
PCIe Lanes
12
-
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
