Intel Core i7 6500U vs Apple M2

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Intel Core i7 6500U

Apple M2

We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i7 6500U with 2 cores 2.5GHz and Apple M2 with 8 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 9 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 2.5GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6500U

719

Apple M2 +136%

1701

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6500U

2072

Apple M2 +312%

8538

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6500U

1027

Apple M2 +162%

2694

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6500U

2074

Apple M2 +388%

10130

Blender

Intel Core i7 6500U

22

Apple M2 +563%

146

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6500U

742

Apple M2 +157%

1914

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6500U

1655

Apple M2 +440%

8942

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i7 6500U

1695

Apple M2 +131%

3932

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6500U

3261

Apple M2 +374%

15485

Intel Core i7 6500U

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Apple M2

General Parameters

Sep 2015

Release Date

Jun 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

Apple

Laptop

Type

Laptop

x86-64

Instruction Set

ARMv8

Skylake

Core Architecture

Apple M2

i7-6500U

Processor Number

-

BGA-1356

Socket

Apple M-Socket

HD Graphics 520

Integrated Graphics

Apple M2 GPU

Package

1.7 billions

Transistor Count

20 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

15 W

Power Consumption

15 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

2

Performance Cores

4

Performance Core Threads

4

2.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

3.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

4

-

Efficiency Core Threads

4

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

2

Total Core Count

8

4

Total Thread Count

8

64 K per core

L1 Cache

192 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

16 MB shared

4 MB shared

L3 Cache

-

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600

Memory Types

LPDDR5-6400

32 GB

Max Memory Size

24 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

34.1 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

102.4 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

500 MHz

1050 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1398 MHz

-

Shader Units

1024

-

Texture Units

64

-

Raster Operation Units

32

-

Execution Units

128

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Max Resolution

6016x3384 - 60 Hz

-

Graphics Performance

2.86 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i7 6500U

Official Website

-

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

12

PCIe Lanes

-

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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