Apple M2 vs Intel Core i3 8130U

VS

Apple M2

Intel Core i3 8130U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 with 8 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i3 8130U with 2 cores 2.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 4 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 2400)

Larger memory bandwidth (102.4GB/s vs 37.5GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.2GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M2 +89%

1701

Intel Core i3 8130U

898

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M2 +301%

8538

Intel Core i3 8130U

2124

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 +139%

2694

Intel Core i3 8130U

1123

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 +371%

10130

Intel Core i3 8130U

2149

Blender

Apple M2 +484%

146

Intel Core i3 8130U

25

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M2 +129%

1914

Intel Core i3 8130U

833

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M2 +406%

8942

Intel Core i3 8130U

1765

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M2 +104%

3932

Intel Core i3 8130U

1926

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M2 +328%

15485

Intel Core i3 8130U

3615

Apple M2

VS

Intel Core i3 8130U

General Parameters

Jun 2022

Release Date

Feb 2018

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Kaby Lake

-

Processor Number

i3-8130U

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1356

Apple M2 GPU

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 620

Package

20 billions

Transistor Count

-

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

2.2 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

8

Total Core Count

2

8

Total Thread Count

4

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

-

Multiplier

24x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

256 K per core

-

L3 Cache

4 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133

24 GB

Max Memory Size

32 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

102.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

37.5 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

1398 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1000 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

2.86 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.38 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i3 8130U

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

12

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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