Apple M2 Max vs Intel Core i5 8257U
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 Max with 12 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i5 8257U with 4 cores 1.4GHz . 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 3 years and 6 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 2400)
Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 37.5GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 1.4GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)
Intel Core i5 8257U 's Advantages
Lower TDP (15W vs 30W)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Apple M2 Max
+65%
1651
Intel Core i5 8257U
996
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Apple M2 Max
+268%
14852
Intel Core i5 8257U
4031
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M2 Max
+122%
2696
Intel Core i5 8257U
1210
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M2 Max
+280%
14905
Intel Core i5 8257U
3922
Blender
Apple M2 Max
+750%
255
Intel Core i5 8257U
30
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Apple M2 Max
+118%
2004
Intel Core i5 8257U
916
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
Apple M2 Max
+293%
15030
Intel Core i5 8257U
3820
Passmark CPU Single Core
Apple M2 Max
+80%
4149
Intel Core i5 8257U
2302
Passmark CPU Multi Core
Apple M2 Max
+244%
26232
Intel Core i5 8257U
7609
General Parameters
Jan 2023
Release Date
Jul 2019
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
ARMv8
Instruction Set
x86-64
Apple M2
Core Architecture
Coffee Lake
-
Processor Number
i5-8257U
Apple M-Socket
Socket
BGA-1528
Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core)
Integrated Graphics
Iris Plus Graphics 645
Package
67 billions
Transistor Count
-
5 nm
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
30 W
Power Consumption
15 W
100°C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
CPU Performance
8
Performance Cores
4
8
Performance Core Threads
8
3.5 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
1.4 GHz
-
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.9 GHz
4
Efficiency Cores
-
4
Efficiency Core Threads
-
2.4 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
12
Total Core Count
4
12
Total Thread Count
8
35x
Multiplier
14x
192 K per core
L1 Cache
32 K per core
32 MB shared
L2 Cache
256 K per core
-
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5-6400
Memory Types
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
96 GB
Max Memory Size
32 GB
8
Max Memory Channels
2
409.6 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
37.5 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
1050 MHz
4864
Shader Units
384
304
Texture Units
48
152
Raster Operation Units
6
608
Execution Units
48
70 W
Power Consumption
15 W
7680x4320 - 60 Hz
Max Resolution
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
13.6 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
0.81 TFLOPS
Miscellaneous
4.0
PCIe Version
3.0
-
PCIe Lanes
16
-
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
