apple m1 vs intel core i5 8257u
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We compared two CPUs Apple M1 (Desktop) 8-cores against Intel Core i5 8257U (Laptop) 4-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M1
- Newer released 1 years later
- Has 4 more physical cores
- More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 14
Advantages of Intel Core i5 8257U
- 18% higher Turbo Boost frequency (3.9 GHz vs 3.2 GHz)
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| Apple M1 | Intel Core i5 8257U | |
| Vendor | Apple | Intel |
| Released | November 10 2020 | July 10 2019 |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Coffee Lake-U | |
| Socket | FCBGA1528 | |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M1 8-Core GPU | Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645 |
Performance
| Apple M1 | Intel Core i5 8257U | |
| Cores | 8 | 4 |
| Threads | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2.064 GHz | 1.4 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 3.2 GHz | 3.9 GHz |
| L1 Cache | 2 MB | 256 KB |
| L2 Cache | 16 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 Cache | 6 MB |
Power
| Apple M1 | Intel Core i5 8257U | |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | W | 15 W |
| Max. temperature | °C | 100°C |
Memory support
| Apple M1 | Intel Core i5 8257U | |
| Memory types | DDR4 | |
| Memory Size | GB | 32 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | - | 37.5 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
iGPU
| Apple M1 | Intel Core i5 8257U | |
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M1 8-Core GPU | Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645 |
| GPU Base Clock | 450 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | MHz | 1.05 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 384 |
| TMUs | 64 | 48 |
| ROPs | 32 | 6 |
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Misc
| Apple M1 | Intel Core i5 8257U | |
| Official site | Apple M1 official page | Intel Core i5 8257U official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3 | |
| PCI Express Lanes | 16 |