Apple M2 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 226V

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Apple M2

Intel Core Ultra 5 226V

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 with 8 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core Ultra 5 226V with 8 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Lower TDP (15W vs 37W)

Intel Core Ultra 5 226V 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 3 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (8533 vs 6400)

Larger memory bandwidth (136GB/s vs 102.4GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 5nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M2

1701

Intel Core Ultra 5 226V +10%

1879

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M2

8538

Intel Core Ultra 5 226V +28%

11000

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 +4%

2694

Intel Core Ultra 5 226V

2585

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2

10130

Intel Core Ultra 5 226V

10052

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

Apple M2 +6%

120

Intel Core Ultra 5 226V

113

Apple M2

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Intel Core Ultra 5 226V

General Parameters

Jun 2022

Release Date

Sep 2024

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Lunar Lake

-

Processor Number

226V

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FCBGA-2833

Apple M2 GPU

Integrated Graphics

Arc Graphics 130V

-

Generation

Ultra 5 (Lunar Lake)

Package

20 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

3 nm

15 W

Power Consumption

17-37 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

-

Foundry

Intel

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

4

Performance Core Threads

4

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

4

Efficiency Core Threads

4

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

8

Total Core Count

8

Total Thread Count

8

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

-

Multiplier

21

-

L0 Cache

48 KB per core

192 K per core

L1 Cache

192 K per core

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

14 MB

-

L3 Cache

8 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

LPDDR5X-8533

24 GB

Max Memory Size

16 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

102.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

136 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

600 MHz

1398 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1850 MHz

1024

Shader Units

896

64

Texture Units

32

Raster Operation Units

128

Execution Units

7

15 W

Power Consumption

6016x3384 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

2.86 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

3.32 TFLOPS

AI Accelerator

-

NPU

Intel® AI Boost

-

Theoretical performance

40 TOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core Ultra 5 226V

4.0

PCIe Version

5.0

-

PCIe Lanes

4

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