Apple M2 Max vs Intel Core i5 8350U

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Apple M2 Max

Intel Core i5 8350U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 Max with 12 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i5 8350U with 4 cores 1.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 Max 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 5 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 2400)

Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 37.5GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 1.7GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Intel Core i5 8350U 's Advantages

Lower TDP (15W vs 30W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M2 Max +107%

1651

Intel Core i5 8350U

796

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +499%

14852

Intel Core i5 8350U

2476

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 Max +364%

2696

Intel Core i5 8350U

581

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +616%

14905

Intel Core i5 8350U

2080

Blender

Apple M2 Max +479%

255

Intel Core i5 8350U

44

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M2 Max +121%

2004

Intel Core i5 8350U

906

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +375%

15030

Intel Core i5 8350U

3158

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M2 Max +104%

4149

Intel Core i5 8350U

2028

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +319%

26232

Intel Core i5 8350U

6248

Apple M2 Max

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Intel Core i5 8350U

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Aug 2017

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Kaby Lake R

-

Processor Number

i5-8350U

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1356

Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core)

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 620

Package

67 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

30 W

Power Consumption

15 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

4

8

Performance Core Threads

8

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.7 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

12

Total Core Count

4

12

Total Thread Count

8

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

17x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

32 MB shared

L2 Cache

256 K per core

-

L3 Cache

6 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

-

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133

96 GB

Max Memory Size

32 GB

8

Max Memory Channels

2

409.6 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

1398 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1100 MHz

4864

Shader Units

192

304

Texture Units

24

152

Raster Operation Units

3

608

Execution Units

24

70 W

Power Consumption

15 W

7680x4320 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

13.6 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.38 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i5 8350U

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

12

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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