Apple M2 Max vs Intel Core i3 1210U

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Apple M2 Max Intel Core i3 1210U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 Max with 12 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i3 1210U with 6 cores 1.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 Max 's Advantages

Released 11 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-6400 vs LPDDR5-5200)

Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 1.0GHz)

Intel Core i3 1210U 's Advantages

Lower TDP (9W vs 30W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 Max +32%

2696

Intel Core i3 1210U

2041

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +224%

14905

Intel Core i3 1210U

4589

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M2 Max +39%

2004

Intel Core i3 1210U

1433

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +250%

15030

Intel Core i3 1210U

4288

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M2 Max +15%

4149

Intel Core i3 1210U

3582

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +133%

26232

Intel Core i3 1210U

11234

Apple M2 Max

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Intel Core i3 1210U

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Feb 2022

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Alder Lake-U

-

Processor Number

i3-1210U

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1744

Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core)

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics (64EU)

Package

67 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1744

30 W

Power Consumption

9 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

2

8

Performance Core Threads

-

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.0 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

12

Total Core Count

6

12

Total Thread Count

8

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

10x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

32 MB shared

L2 Cache

1280 K per core

-

L3 Cache

10 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267

96 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

8

Max Memory Channels

2

409.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

450 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

1398 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

850 MHz

4864

Shader Units

512

304

Texture Units

32

152

Raster Operation Units

16

608

Execution Units

64

70 W

Power Consumption

45 W

7680x4320 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

13.6 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

1.43 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i3 1210U

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

-

PCIe Lanes

14

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