Apple M1 Ultra vs Intel Core i5 6400

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Apple M1 Ultra Intel Core i5 6400

We compared two desktop CPUs: Apple M1 Ultra with 20 cores 3.2GHz and Intel Core i5 6400 with 4 cores 2.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M1 Ultra 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-6400 vs DDR4-2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (800GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.7GHz)

Lower TDP (60W vs 65W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +71%

1544

Intel Core i5 6400

898

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +596%

22394

Intel Core i5 6400

3214

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +111%

2420

Intel Core i5 6400

1143

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +464%

18680

Intel Core i5 6400

3312

Blender

Apple M1 Ultra +939%

426

Intel Core i5 6400

41

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +107%

1768

Intel Core i5 6400

853

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +737%

23501

Intel Core i5 6400

2805

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M1 Ultra +95%

3831

Intel Core i5 6400

1961

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M1 Ultra +691%

40784

Intel Core i5 6400

5151

Apple M1 Ultra

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Intel Core i5 6400

General Parameters

Mar 2022

Release Date

Sep 2015

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M1

Core Architecture

Skylake

APL1106/APL1W06

Processor Number

i5-6400

Apple M-Socket

Socket

LGA-1151

Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core)

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics 530

Package

114 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

LGA-1151

60 W

Power Consumption

65 W

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

4

16

Performance Core Threads

4

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.7 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.3 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.1 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

20

Total Core Count

4

20

Total Thread Count

4

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

-

Multiplier

27x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

48 MB shared

L2 Cache

256 K per core

-

L3 Cache

6 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600

128 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

16

Max Memory Channels

2

800 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

34.1 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

450 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1296 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

950 MHz

8192

Shader Units

-

512

Texture Units

-

256

Raster Operation Units

-

1024

Execution Units

-

120 W

Power Consumption

-

6016x3384 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

21.2 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i5 6400

-

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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