Apple M2 Ultra vs Intel Processor N250
We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 Ultra with 24 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Processor N250 with 4 cores 0.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Apple M2 Ultra Advantages
Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 4800)
Larger memory bandwidth (800GB/s vs 38.4GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 0.1GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 10nm)
Intel Processor N250 Advantages
Released 1 years and 8 months late
Lower TDP (6W vs 60W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple M2 Ultra
+174%
2790
Intel Processor N250
1017
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple M2 Ultra
+944%
21217
Intel Processor N250
2031
General Parameters
May 2023
Release Date
Jan 2025
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
ARMv8
Instruction Set
x86-64
Apple M2
Core Architecture
Twin Lake
-
Processor Number
N250
Apple M-Socket
Socket
Intel BGA 1264
Apple M2 Max GPU (76-core)
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 730
-
Generation
Intel Processor (Alder Lake-N)
Package
134 billions
Transistor Count
-
5 nm
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
60 W
Power Consumption
6 W
100°C
Peak Operating Temperature
105°C
-
Foundry
Intel
CPU Performance
16
Performance Cores
-
16
Performance Core Threads
-
3.5 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
0.1 GHz
-
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.8 GHz
8
Efficiency Cores
4
8
Efficiency Core Threads
4
2.4 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
1.3 GHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.8 GHz
24
Total Core Count
4
24
Total Thread Count
4
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
35x
Multiplier
1.0
192 K per core
L1 Cache
96 KB per core
64 MB shared
L2 Cache
2 MB shared
-
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
-
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5-6400
Memory Types
DDR4-3200, DDR5, LPDDR5-4800
192 GB
Max Memory Size
16 GB
16
Max Memory Channels
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
300 MHz
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1250 MHz
-
Shader Units
256
-
Texture Units
16
-
Raster Operation Units
8
-
Execution Units
32
-
Power Consumption
-
Graphics Performance
0.74 TFLOPS
