We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.7 GHz Intel Core i5 1240P 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 1240P
Advantages of Intel Core i5 1240P
- Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
- Has 4 more physical cores
Advantages of Apple M2
- More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
- More powerful Apple M2 GPU integrated graphics: 2.86 vs 1.41 TFLOPS
- 19% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2619 vs 2201 points
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]
Cinebench R23 [Multi-Core]
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GeekBench v6
The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 [Single-Core]
File compression 629 MB/sec 1140 MB/sec Clang compilation 61.4 Klines/sec 79.8 Klines/sec HTML 5 Browser 212.7 pages/sec 239.5 pages/sec PDF Renderer 278.2 Mpixels/sec 276 Mpixels/sec Text processing 196.2 pages/sec 257.8 pages/sec Background blur 39 images/sec 42 images/sec Photo processing 76.8 images/sec 106.5 images/sec Ray tracing 13.8 Mpixels/sec 10.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]
PassMark
Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU [Single-Core]
Passmark CPU [Multi-Core]
Integer math 65.1 GOps/sec 36.9 GOps/sec Floating point math 45.2 GOps/sec 38.2 GOps/sec Find prime numbers 49M Primes/sec 176M Primes/sec Random string sorting 22.7M Strings/sec 24.1M Strings/sec Data encryption 12 GBytes/sec 9.6 GBytes/sec Data compression 201.3 MBytes/sec 189 MBytes/sec Physics 957 Frames/sec 1691 Frames/sec Extended instructions 11.7B Matrices/sec 6.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 1240P and Apple M2
General
Vendor Intel Apple Released February 23, 2022 June 6, 2022 Type Laptop Laptop instruction set x86-64 ARMv8 Codename Alder Lake Apple M2 Model number i5-1240P - Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics [80EU] Apple M2 GPU
CPU
Performance Cores P-Cores 4 4 P-Threads 8 4 Base Frequency [P] 1.7 GHz 3.5 GHz Turbo Boost Frequency [P] 4.4 GHz - Efficient Cores E-Cores 8 4 E-Threads 8 4 Base Frequency [E] 1.2 GHz 2.4 GHz Turbo Boost Frequency [E] 3.3 GHz - Total Total Cores 12 8 Total Threads 16 8 Bus Frequency 100 MHz - Multiplier 17x - L1 Cache 80K [per core] 192K [per core] L2 Cache 1280K [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 1300 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
Memory Support
Memory types - DDR5-4800 - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR5-5200 - 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
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Core i5 1240P
121 [51.9%]
Total votes: 233
Сompetitors
So which CPU will you choose: Apple M2 or Intel Core i5 1240P?