Apple M2 Ultra vs Intel Core i5 12600HX

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Apple M2 Ultra

Intel Core i5 12600HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 Ultra with 24 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i5 12600HX with 12 cores 2.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 Ultra 's Advantages

Released 1 years late

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 4800)

Larger memory bandwidth (800GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.5GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 10nm)

Intel Core i5 12600HX 's Advantages

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)

Lower TDP (55W vs 60W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra +18%

2790

Intel Core i5 12600HX

2346

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra +101%

21217

Intel Core i5 12600HX

10523

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra +21%

1956

Intel Core i5 12600HX

1608

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra +220%

27945

Intel Core i5 12600HX

8725

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra +11%

4137

Intel Core i5 12600HX

3727

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra +105%

48776

Intel Core i5 12600HX

23777

Apple M2 Ultra

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Intel Core i5 12600HX

General Parameters

May 2023

Release Date

May 2022

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Alder Lake-HX

-

Processor Number

i5-12600HX

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1744

Apple M2 Max GPU (76-core)

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics (32EU)

Package

134 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

60 W

Power Consumption

45-55 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

4

16

Performance Core Threads

-

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

8

Efficiency Cores

8

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

24

Total Core Count

12

24

Total Thread Count

16

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

25x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

64 MB shared

L2 Cache

1280 K per core

-

L3 Cache

18 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

192 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

16

Max Memory Channels

2

800 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1350 MHz

-

Shader Units

256

-

Texture Units

16

-

Raster Operation Units

8

-

Execution Units

32

-

Power Consumption

45 W

-

Graphics Performance

0.74 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i5 12600HX

4.0

PCIe Version

5.0

-

PCIe Lanes

20

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