Apple M2 Ultra vs Intel Core i5 8250U

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Apple M2 Ultra Intel Core i5 8250U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 Ultra with 24 cores 3.5GHz 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 M2 Ultra 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-6400 vs DDR4-2400)

Larger memory bandwidth (800GB/s vs 37.5GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 1.6GHz)

Intel Core i5 8250U 's Advantages

Lower TDP (15W vs 60W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra +93%

1741

Intel Core i5 8250U

900

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra +838%

29150

Intel Core i5 8250U

3107

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra +134%

2790

Intel Core i5 8250U

1191

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra +552%

21217

Intel Core i5 8250U

3252

Blender

Apple M2 Ultra +664%

512

Intel Core i5 8250U

67

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra +129%

1956

Intel Core i5 8250U

853

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra +889%

27945

Intel Core i5 8250U

2825

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra +117%

4137

Intel Core i5 8250U

1905

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra +728%

48776

Intel Core i5 8250U

5888

Apple M2 Ultra

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Intel Core i5 8250U

General Parameters

May 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

i5-8250U

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1356

Apple M2 Max GPU (76-core)

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 620

Package

134 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1356

60 W

Power Consumption

15 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

4

16

Performance Core Threads

8

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.6 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

8

Efficiency Cores

-

8

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

24

Total Core Count

4

24

Total Thread Count

8

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

16x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

64 MB shared

L2 Cache

256 K per core

-

L3 Cache

6 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133

192 GB

Max Memory Size

32 GB

16

Max Memory Channels

2

800 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

37.5 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1100 MHz

-

Shader Units

192

-

Texture Units

24

-

Raster Operation Units

3

-

Execution Units

24

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Max Resolution

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

-

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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