Apple M2 Ultra vs Intel Pentium Silver N5000
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 Ultra with 24 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Pentium Silver N5000 with 4 cores 1.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Apple M2 Ultra Advantages
Released 5 years and 5 months late
Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 2400)
Larger memory bandwidth (800GB/s vs 38.4GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 2.0)
Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 1.1GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)
Intel Pentium Silver N5000 Advantages
Lower TDP (6W vs 60W)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Apple M2 Ultra
+296%
1729
Intel Pentium Silver N5000
436
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Apple M2 Ultra
+2254%
28910
Intel Pentium Silver N5000
1228
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M2 Ultra
+654%
2790
Intel Pentium Silver N5000
370
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M2 Ultra
+1846%
21217
Intel Pentium Silver N5000
1090
Blender
Apple M2 Ultra
+4108%
505
Intel Pentium Silver N5000
12
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Apple M2 Ultra
+346%
1956
Intel Pentium Silver N5000
438
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
Apple M2 Ultra
+2021%
27945
Intel Pentium Silver N5000
1317
Passmark CPU Single Core
Apple M2 Ultra
+267%
4137
Intel Pentium Silver N5000
1127
Passmark CPU Multi Core
Apple M2 Ultra
+1794%
48776
Intel Pentium Silver N5000
2574
General Parameters
May 2023
Release Date
Dec 2017
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
ARMv8
Instruction Set
x86-64
Apple M2
Core Architecture
Gemini Lake
-
Processor Number
N5000
Apple M-Socket
Socket
BGA-1090
Apple M2 Max GPU (76-core)
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 605
Package
134 billions
Transistor Count
-
5 nm
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
60 W
Power Consumption
6 W
100°C
Peak Operating Temperature
105 °C
CPU Performance
16
Performance Cores
4
16
Performance Core Threads
4
3.5 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
1.1 GHz
8
Efficiency Cores
-
8
Efficiency Core Threads
-
2.4 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
24
Total Core Count
4
24
Total Thread Count
4
35x
Multiplier
-
192 K per core
L1 Cache
96 K per core
64 MB shared
L2 Cache
4 MB per core
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5-6400
Memory Types
DDR4-2400, LPDDR4-2400
192 GB
Max Memory Size
8 GB
16
Max Memory Channels
2
800 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
38.4 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Base Frequency
200 MHz
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
750 MHz
-
Shader Units
144
-
Texture Units
18
-
Raster Operation Units
3
-
Execution Units
18
-
Power Consumption
5 W
-
Max Resolution
3840x2160 - 30 Hz
-
Graphics Performance
0.23 TFLOPS
Miscellaneous
4.0
PCIe Version
2.0
-
PCIe Lanes
6
-
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.2
