Intel Core i5 1340P vs Apple M2

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.9 GHz Intel Core i5 1340P with 12-cores against the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating

Key Differences

What are the key differences between M2 and 1340P
Advantages of Intel Core i5 1340P
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Newer - released 7-months later
  • Has 4 more physical cores
Advantages of Apple M2
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • 15% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2594 vs 2263 points
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Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1712
1582
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
10716
8743

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M2 +15%
2594
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M2 +5%
10094
File compression 1010 MB/sec 1100 MB/sec
Clang compilation 68 Klines/sec 81.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 236.5 pages/sec 227.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 301 Mpixels/sec 280 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 231.7 pages/sec 261.3 pages/sec
Background blur 38.9 images/sec 41.4 images/sec
Photo processing 83.5 images/sec 95.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.6 Mpixels/sec 10.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M2 +10%
3976
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
20629
15346
Integer math 75.7 GOps/sec 36.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 53.3 GOps/sec 38.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 65M Primes/sec 183M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 26.7M Strings/sec 24.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.3 GBytes/sec 9.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 239 MBytes/sec 190.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1171 Frames/sec 1657 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 13.9B Matrices/sec 6.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 1340P and Apple M2

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released January 3, 2023 June 6, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Raptor Lake Apple M2
Model number i5-1340P -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Apple M2 GPU

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (P) 1.9 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 4
E-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.4 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 16 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 19x -
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 20 billions
Fabrication process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 15 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 64 W -
Socket BGA-1744 Apple M-Socket
Peak temperature 100°C -

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Apple M2 GPU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1450 MHz 1398 MHz
Shading Units 640 1024
TMUs 40 64
ROPs 20 32
Execution Units 80 128
TGP 15 W 15 W
Max. Resolution - 6016x3384 - 60 Hz
iGPU FLOPS
1.41 TFLOPS
3 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
- LPDDR5-6400
Memory Size 64 GB 24 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 102.4 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official site Intel Core i5 1340P official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 -

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M2 or Intel Core i5 1340P?
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