Apple M1 vs Intel Core i5 6200U
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M1 with 8 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Core i5 6200U with 2 cores 2.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Apple M1 's Advantages
Released 5 years and 2 months late
Higher specification of memory (4266 vs 2133)
Larger memory bandwidth (68.25GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)
Lower TDP (14W vs 15W)
Intel Core i5 6200U 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.3GHz vs 2.1GHz)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Apple M1
+113%
1513
Intel Core i5 6200U
709
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Apple M1
+359%
7782
Intel Core i5 6200U
1694
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M1
+148%
2231
Intel Core i5 6200U
896
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M1
+358%
8035
Intel Core i5 6200U
1754
Blender
Apple M1
+465%
130
Intel Core i5 6200U
23
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Apple M1
+155%
1757
Intel Core i5 6200U
689
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
Apple M1
+399%
7742
Intel Core i5 6200U
1549
Passmark CPU Single Core
Apple M1
+137%
3717
Intel Core i5 6200U
1566
Passmark CPU Multi Core
Apple M1
+376%
14218
Intel Core i5 6200U
2983
General Parameters
Nov 2020
Release Date
Sep 2015
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
ARMv8
Instruction Set
x86-64
Icestorm and Firestorm
Core Architecture
Skylake
-
Processor Number
i5-6200U
Apple M-Socket
Socket
BGA-1356
Apple M1 GPU
Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 520
Package
16 billions
Transistor Count
1.7 billions
5 nm
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
14 W
Power Consumption
15 W
-
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
CPU Performance
8
Performance Cores
2
8
Performance Core Threads
4
2.1 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.3 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
2.8 GHz
8
Total Core Count
2
8
Total Thread Count
4
192 K per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
12 MB shared
L2 Cache
256 K per core
-
L3 Cache
3 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
LPDDR4X-4266
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
16 GB
Max Memory Size
32 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
68.25 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
-
1278 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1000 MHz
1024
Shader Units
-
64
Texture Units
-
32
Raster Operation Units
-
128
Execution Units
-
15 W
Power Consumption
-
6016x3384 - 60 Hz
Max Resolution
-
2.6 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
-
Miscellaneous
4.0
PCIe Version
3.0
-
PCIe Lanes
12
-
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
