Apple M2 vs Intel Core i5 1030G4
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 with 8 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i5 1030G4 with 4 cores 0.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Apple M2 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 10 months late
Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 3733)
Larger memory bandwidth (102.4GB/s vs 58.3GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 0.7GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 10nm)
Intel Core i5 1030G4 's Advantages
Lower TDP (9W vs 15W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Apple M2
+79%
1914
Intel Core i5 1030G4
1064
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
Apple M2
+224%
8942
Intel Core i5 1030G4
2757
General Parameters
Jun 2022
Release Date
Aug 2019
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
ARMv8
Instruction Set
x86-64
Apple M2
Core Architecture
Ice Lake
-
Processor Number
i5-1030G4
Apple M-Socket
Socket
BGA-1440
Apple M2 GPU
Integrated Graphics
Iris Plus Graphics G4
Package
20 billions
Transistor Count
-
5 nm
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
15 W
Power Consumption
9 W
-
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
4
4
Performance Core Threads
8
3.5 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
0.7 GHz
3.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.5 GHz
4
Efficiency Cores
-
4
Efficiency Core Threads
-
2.4 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
8
Total Core Count
4
8
Total Thread Count
8
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
-
Multiplier
7x
192 K per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
16 MB shared
L2 Cache
256 K per core
-
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5-6400
Memory Types
LPDDR4-3733
24 GB
Max Memory Size
32 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
102.4 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
58.3 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
500 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
-
1398 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1050 MHz
1024
Shader Units
-
64
Texture Units
-
32
Raster Operation Units
-
128
Execution Units
-
15 W
Power Consumption
-
6016x3384 - 60 Hz
Max Resolution
-
2.86 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
-
Miscellaneous
4.0
PCIe Version
3.0
-
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
