Apple M2 vs Intel Core i5 13500H

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Apple M2 Intel Core i5 13500H

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 with 8 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i5 13500H with 12 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2's Advantages

Better graphics card performance

Larger memory bandwidth (102.4GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.6GHz)

Lower TDP (15W vs 35W)

Intel Core i5 13500H's Advantages

Released 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-6400 vs LPDDR5-6400)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M2

1701

Intel Core i5 13500H +2%

1750

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M2

8538

Intel Core i5 13500H +68%

14346

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 +10%

2694

Intel Core i5 13500H

2449

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2

10130

Intel Core i5 13500H +10%

11242

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

Apple M2 +17%

120

Intel Core i5 13500H

102

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

Apple M2

555

Intel Core i5 13500H +47%

818

Blender

Apple M2

151

Intel Core i5 13500H +30%

197

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M2 +11%

1914

Intel Core i5 13500H

1714

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M2

8942

Intel Core i5 13500H +22%

10973

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M2 +10%

3932

Intel Core i5 13500H

3563

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M2

15485

Intel Core i5 13500H +48%

23043

Apple M2

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Intel Core i5 13500H

General Parameters

Jun 2022

Release Date

Jan 2023

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Raptor Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-13500H

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1744

Apple M2 GPU

Integrated Graphics

Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)

Package

20 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1744

15 W

Power Consumption

35-45 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

95W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

4

Performance Core Threads

8

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.6 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.7 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

8

4

Efficiency Core Threads

8

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

1.9 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

8

Total Core Count

12

8

Total Thread Count

16

-

Bus Frequency

100MHz

-

Multiplier

26x

192K per core

L1 Cache

80K per core

16MB shared

L2 Cache

2MB per core

-

L3 Cache

18MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR5-5200, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR5x-6400, LPDDR4x-4267

24GB

Max Memory Size

96GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

102.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

True

Integrated Graphics

True

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

1398 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1450 MHz

1024

Shader Units

640

64

Texture Units

40

32

Raster Operation Units

20

128

Execution Units

80

15 W

Power Consumption

15 W

6016x3384 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

2.86 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

1.41 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i5 13500H

4.0

PCIe Version

5.0

-

PCIe Lanes

28

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