Apple M1 vs Intel Core i5 8250U

VS

Apple M1

Intel Core i5 8250U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M1 with 8 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Core i5 8250U with 4 cores 1.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M1 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 3 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (4266 vs 2400)

Larger memory bandwidth (68.25GB/s vs 37.5GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (2.1GHz vs 1.6GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (14W vs 15W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M1 +68%

1513

Intel Core i5 8250U

898

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M1 +152%

7782

Intel Core i5 8250U

3085

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M1 +87%

2231

Intel Core i5 8250U

1191

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M1 +147%

8035

Intel Core i5 8250U

3252

Blender

Apple M1 +145%

130

Intel Core i5 8250U

53

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M1 +105%

1757

Intel Core i5 8250U

853

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M1 +174%

7742

Intel Core i5 8250U

2825

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M1 +95%

3717

Intel Core i5 8250U

1905

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M1 +141%

14218

Intel Core i5 8250U

5888

Apple M1

VS

Intel Core i5 8250U

General Parameters

Nov 2020

Release Date

Aug 2017

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Icestorm and Firestorm

Core Architecture

Kaby Lake R

-

Processor Number

i5-8250U

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1356

Apple M1 GPU

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 620

Package

16 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

14 W

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

4

8

Performance Core Threads

8

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.6 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

8

Total Core Count

4

8

Total Thread Count

8

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

-

Multiplier

16x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

12 MB shared

L2 Cache

256 K per core

-

L3 Cache

6 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR4X-4266

Memory Types

DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133

16 GB

Max Memory Size

32 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

68.25 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

37.5 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

450 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

1278 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1100 MHz

1024

Shader Units

192

64

Texture Units

24

32

Raster Operation Units

3

128

Execution Units

24

15 W

Power Consumption

15 W

6016x3384 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

2.6 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.38 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i5 8250U

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

12

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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