Apple M2 Ultra vs Intel Core 5 120UL
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 Ultra with 24 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core 5 120UL with 10 cores 1.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Apple M2 Ultra Advantages
Integrated graphics card
Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 5200)
Larger memory bandwidth (800GB/s vs 83.2GB/s)
Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 1.3GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 10nm)
Intel Core 5 120UL Advantages
Released 11 months late
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 4.0)
Lower TDP (15W vs 60W)
Score
General Parameters
May 2023
Release Date
Apr 2024
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
ARMv8
Instruction Set
-
Apple M2
Core Architecture
Raptor Lake-PS
Apple M-Socket
Socket
Intel Socket 1700
Apple M2 Max GPU (76-core)
Integrated Graphics
Iris Xe Graphics 80EU
-
Generation
Core 5 (Raptor Lake-PS)
Package
134 billions
Transistor Count
-
5 nm
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
60 W
Power Consumption
15 W
100°C
Peak Operating Temperature
-
-
Foundry
Intel
CPU Performance
16
Performance Cores
2
16
Performance Core Threads
4
3.5 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
1.3 GHz
-
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.6 GHz
8
Efficiency Cores
8
8
Efficiency Core Threads
8
2.4 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
900 MHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.4 GHz
24
Total Core Count
10
24
Total Thread Count
12
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
35x
Multiplier
13.0
192 K per core
L1 Cache
80 KB per core
64 MB shared
L2 Cache
1.25 MB per core
-
L3 Cache
12 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
-
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5-6400
Memory Types
DDR4-3200, DDR5-5200
192 GB
Max Memory Size
-
16
Max Memory Channels
2
800 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
83.2 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
-
Miscellaneous
4.0
PCIe Version
4
-
PCIe Lanes
8
