Apple M2 Ultra vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 Ultra with 24 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core Ultra 5 225H with 14 cores 1.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Apple M2 Ultra 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 1.7GHz)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 8 months late
Higher specification of memory (8400 vs 6400)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 5nm)
Lower TDP (28W vs 60W)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Apple M2 Ultra
1729
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
+16%
2015
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Apple M2 Ultra
+80%
28910
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
16026
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M2 Ultra
+2%
2790
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
2716
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M2 Ultra
+58%
21217
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
13398
Cinebench 2024 Single Core
Apple M2 Ultra
+15%
126
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
109
Cinebench 2024 Multi Core
Apple M2 Ultra
+133%
1918
Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
821
General Parameters
May 2023
Release Date
Jan 2025
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
ARMv8
Instruction Set
x86-64
Apple M2
Core Architecture
Arrow Lake
-
Processor Number
225H
Apple M-Socket
Socket
FCBGA-2049
Apple M2 Max GPU (76-core)
Integrated Graphics
Arc Graphics 130T
Package
134 billions
Transistor Count
-
5 nm
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
60 W
Power Consumption
20-28 W
-
Max Turbo Power Consumption
115 W
100°C
Peak Operating Temperature
110 °C
CPU Performance
16
Performance Cores
4
16
Performance Core Threads
4
3.5 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
1.7 GHz
-
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
8
Efficiency Cores
8
8
Efficiency Core Threads
8
2.4 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
1.3 GHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
4.3 GHz
24
Total Core Count
14
24
Total Thread Count
14
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
35x
Multiplier
17
192 K per core
L1 Cache
112 K per core
64 MB shared
L2 Cache
2 MB per core
-
L3 Cache
18 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5-6400
Memory Types
LPDDR5-8400,LPDDR5x-8400,DDR5-6400
192 GB
Max Memory Size
128 GB
16
Max Memory Channels
2
800 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Base Frequency
800 MHz
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2200 MHz
-
Shader Units
896
-
Texture Units
56
-
Raster Operation Units
28
-
Execution Units
7
-
Graphics Performance
3.9 TFLOPS
