Apple M2 Max vs Intel Celeron N5100
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 Max with 12 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Celeron N5100 with 4 cores 1.1GHz . 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 2 years late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 2933)
Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 45.8GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 1.1GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 10nm)
Intel Celeron N5100 's Advantages
Lower TDP (6W vs 30W)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Apple M2 Max
+139%
1651
Intel Celeron N5100
688
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Apple M2 Max
+732%
14852
Intel Celeron N5100
1785
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M2 Max
+464%
2696
Intel Celeron N5100
478
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M2 Max
+1097%
14905
Intel Celeron N5100
1245
Blender
Apple M2 Max
+2025%
255
Intel Celeron N5100
12
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Apple M2 Max
+224%
2004
Intel Celeron N5100
617
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
Apple M2 Max
+814%
15030
Intel Celeron N5100
1644
Passmark CPU Single Core
Apple M2 Max
+197%
4149
Intel Celeron N5100
1393
Passmark CPU Multi Core
Apple M2 Max
+692%
26232
Intel Celeron N5100
3308
General Parameters
Jan 2023
Release Date
Jan 2021
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
ARMv8
Instruction Set
x86-64
Apple M2
Core Architecture
Jasper Lake
-
Processor Number
N5100
Apple M-Socket
Socket
BGA-1338
Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core)
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 24 EUs
Package
67 billions
Transistor Count
-
5 nm
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
30 W
Power Consumption
6 W
100°C
Peak Operating Temperature
105 °C
CPU Performance
8
Performance Cores
4
8
Performance Core Threads
4
3.5 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
1.1 GHz
4
Efficiency Cores
-
4
Efficiency Core Threads
-
2.4 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
12
Total Core Count
4
12
Total Thread Count
4
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
35x
Multiplier
11x
192 K per core
L1 Cache
-
32 MB shared
L2 Cache
384 K per core
-
L3 Cache
4 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5-6400
Memory Types
DDR4-2666, LPDDR4x-2933
96 GB
Max Memory Size
16 GB
8
Max Memory Channels
2
409.6 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
45.8 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
450 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
-
1398 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
800 MHz
4864
Shader Units
256
304
Texture Units
16
152
Raster Operation Units
8
608
Execution Units
24
70 W
Power Consumption
10 W
7680x4320 - 60 Hz
Max Resolution
-
13.6 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
0.3 TFLOPS
