Apple M2 vs Intel Core i3 6006U

VS

Apple M2

Intel Core i3 6006U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 with 8 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i3 6006U with 2 cores 2.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (102.4GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.0GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 +291%

2694

Intel Core i3 6006U

689

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 +652%

10130

Intel Core i3 6006U

1347

Blender

Apple M2 +1227%

146

Intel Core i3 6006U

11

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M2 +270%

1914

Intel Core i3 6006U

516

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M2 +658%

8942

Intel Core i3 6006U

1179

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M2 +241%

3932

Intel Core i3 6006U

1151

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M2 +583%

15485

Intel Core i3 6006U

2265

Apple M2

VS

Intel Core i3 6006U

General Parameters

Jun 2022

Release Date

Nov 2016

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i3-6006U

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1356

Apple M2 GPU

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics 520

Package

20 billions

Transistor Count

1.7 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

15 W

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

2

4

Performance Core Threads

4

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.0 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

-

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

8

Total Core Count

2

8

Total Thread Count

4

-

Multiplier

20x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

256 K per core

-

L3 Cache

3 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600

24 GB

Max Memory Size

32 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

102.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

34.1 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1398 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

-

2.86 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i3 6006U

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

12

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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