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Apple M2 Pro vs Intel Core i5-1145G7

Apple M2 Pro

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The Apple M2 Pro is a System on a Chip (SoC) from Apple that is found in the early 2023 MacBook Pro 14 and 16-inch models. It offers all 12 cores available in the chip divided in eight performance cores (P-cores) and four power-efficiency cores (E-cores). The E-cores clock with up to 3.4 GHz, the P-Cores up to 3.7 GHz (mostly 3.3 GHz in multi-threaded workloads and 3.4 GHz in single threaded).

The big cores (codename Avalanche) offer 192 KB instruction cache, 128 KB data cache, and 36 MB shared L2 cache (up from 24 MB in the M1 Pro). The four efficiency cores (codename Blizzard) are a lot smaller and offer only 128 KB instruction cache, 64 KB data cache, and 4 MB shared cache. CPU and GPU can both use the 24 MB SLC (System Level Cache). 

The unified memory (16 or 32 GB LPDDR5-6400) next to the chip is connected by a 256 Bit memory controller (200 GB/s bandwidth) and can be used by the GPU and CPU.

Apple states that the M2 Pro has a 25% higher performance than the M1 Pro in Xcode compiling.

The integrated graphics card in the M1 Pro offers all 19 cores.

Furthermore, the SoC integrates a fast 16 core neural engine (faster than M1 Pro), a secure enclave (e.g., for encryption), a unified memory architecture, Thunderbolt 4 controller, an ISP, and media de- and encoders (including ProRes).

The M2 Pro is manufactured in 5 nm at TSMC (second generation) and integrates 40 billion transistors. 

Intel Core i5-1145G7

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The Intel Core i5-1145G7 is a power efficient quad-core SoC for laptops and Ultrabooks based on the Tiger Lake-U generation that was announced early 2021. It integrates four Willow Cove processor cores (8 threads thanks to HyperThreading). The base clock speed depends on the TDP settings and ranges from 1.1 GHz (12 Watt TDP) up to 2.6 GHz (28 Watt). The Boost is always specified at 4.4 GHz (one or two cores).

Another novelty is the integrated Xe graphics card with 80 EUs based on the completely new Gen 12 architecture. It offers a significantly higher performance compared to the older Iris Plus G7 (Ice Lake).

Furthermore, Tiger Lake SoCs add PCIe 4 support (4 lanes), AI hardware acceleration, and the partial integration of Thunderbolt 4 / USB 4 and Wifi 6 in the chip. In addition to this, the i5 supports vPro for easy remote management.

The chip is produced on the improved 10nm SuperFin process at Intel that should be comparable to the 7nm process at TSMC (e.g. Ryzen 4000 series).

All articles on Tiger Lake can be found on our Tiger Lake architecture hub.

ModelApple M2 ProIntel Core i5-1145G7
SeriesApple M2Intel Tiger Lake
Series: Tiger Lake Tiger Lake-UP3
Apple M2 Max compare2.42 - 3.7 GHz12 / 12 cores48 MB L3
Apple M2 Pro « 2.42 - 3.5 GHz12 / 12 cores24 MB L3
Apple M2 Pro 10-Core compare2.42 - 3.7 GHz10 / 10 cores24 MB L3
Apple M2 compare2.42 - 3.48 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1195G7 compare2.9 - 5 GHz4 / 8 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1185G7 compare3 - 4.8 GHz4 / 8 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1165G7 compare2.8 - 4.7 GHz4 / 8 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1155G7 compare2.5 - 4.5 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1145G7 « 2.6 - 4.4 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1135G7 compare2.4 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1125G4 compare2 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1115G4 compare3 - 4.1 GHz2 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Clock2424 - 3504 MHz2600 - 4400 MHz
L1 Cache3.3 MB320 KB
L2 Cache36 MB5 MB
L3 Cache24 MB8 MB
Cores / Threads12 / 124 / 8
Transistors40000 Million
Technology5 nm10 nm
FeaturesARMv8 Instruction SetDDR4-3200/LPDDR4x-4266 RAM, PCIe 4, 4 GT/s bus, DL Boost, GNA, vPro, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, VMX, SMX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, TME
iGPUApple M2 Pro 19-Core GPUIntel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (400 - 1300 MHz)
ArchitectureARMx86
Announced
CodenameTiger Lake-UP3
TDP28 Watt
max. Temp.100 °C
SocketBGA1449
Manufacturerark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i5-1145G7
30.8 pt (51%)
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Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Single Core
100%
1 M2 Pro +
123 Points (69%)
Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Multi Core
100%
1 M2 Pro +
1030 Points (19%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 14787     avg: 14795     median: 14794.5 (14%)     max: 14802 Points
min: 4769     avg: 4880     median: 4880 (5%)     max: 4991 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1647     avg: 1648     median: 1647.5 (69%)     max: 1648 Points
min: 1361     avg: 1375     median: 1374.5 (58%)     max: 1388 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 446     avg: 446.5     median: 446.5 (49%)     max: 447 Points
531 Points (58%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 4018     avg: 4031     median: 4031 (10%)     max: 4044 Points
min: 1693     avg: 1842     median: 1841.5 (4%)     max: 1990 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
2069 Points (13%)
min: 791     avg: 792     median: 791.5 (5%)     max: 792 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
230 Points (64%)
min: 202     avg: 202.5     median: 202.5 (56%)     max: 203 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 9.12     avg: 9.3     median: 9.3 (12%)     max: 9.41 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 2.26     avg: 2.3     median: 2.3 (55%)     max: 2.36 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 8225     avg: 8275     median: 8274.5 (50%)     max: 8324 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 25475     avg: 25545     median: 25545 (19%)     max: 25615 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 33427     avg: 34400     median: 34399.5 (22%)     max: 35372 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 10472     avg: 10648     median: 10648 (13%)     max: 10824 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 227.285     avg: 281.1     median: 281.1 (3%)     max: 335 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 6.499     avg: 8.4     median: 8.3 (2%)     max: 10.2 s
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 4190     avg: 4707     median: 4706.5 (7%)     max: 5223 Points
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
min: 20565     avg: 21844     median: 21844 (13%)     max: 23123 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 4751     avg: 4802     median: 4802 (57%)     max: 4853 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
46.3 fps (15%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
192 fps (44%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 5.46     avg: 6     median: 6 (11%)     max: 6.6 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.437     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (13%)     max: 0.469 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 0.713     avg: 0.8     median: 0.8 (13%)     max: 0.802 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
5.6 GB/s (15%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
331 Seconds (4%)
1116 Seconds (14%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 601     avg: 641     median: 641 (5%)     max: 681 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.4 sec (9%)
min: 0.627     avg: 0.6     median: 0.6 (14%)     max: 0.63 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 8786     avg: 8923     median: 8922.5 (19%)     max: 9059 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 7.2     avg: 7.5     median: 7.5 (2%)     max: 7.825 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 15.7     avg: 16.5     median: 16.5 (1%)     max: 17.298 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 366     avg: 389.8     median: 389.8 (2%)     max: 413.691 s
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
30874 Points (24%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 10880     avg: 11208     median: 11208 (28%)     max: 11536 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
63423 Points (52%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
63591 Points (52%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
65828 Points (55%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 8524     avg: 8726     median: 8725.5 (22%)     max: 8927 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 13209     avg: 13311     median: 13311 (24%)     max: 13413 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 4092     avg: 4290     median: 4289.5 (18%)     max: 4487 Points
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Single-Core
100%
1 M2 Pro +
2663 Points (67%)
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Multi-Core
100%
1 M2 Pro +
14568 Points (57%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1952     avg: 1957     median: 1957 (76%)     max: 1961 Points
min: 1427     avg: 1429     median: 1428.5 (56%)     max: 1430 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 14859     avg: 14961     median: 15010 (27%)     max: 15013 Points
min: 5055     avg: 5261     median: 5261 (9%)     max: 5467 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1423 Points (6%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
5351 Points (17%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
6226 Points (62%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
20787 Points (21%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
443.8 ms (1%)
min: 702     avg: 712     median: 712 (1%)     max: 722 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
1 M2 Pro +
76205 Points (58%)
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
253 Points (70%)
177.4 Points (49%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
386 Points (69%)
min: 234     avg: 238.5     median: 238.5 (43%)     max: 243 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1797     avg: 1805     median: 1804.5 (67%)     max: 1812 Points
min: 1279     avg: 1285     median: 1284.5 (48%)     max: 1290 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 38     avg: 42.8     median: 42.8 (7%)     max: 47.5 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 45.2     avg: 50.4     median: 50.4 (9%)     max: 55.5 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
10.9 Watt (7%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
3.6 Watt (4%)
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
17.5 Points per Watt (13%)

Average Benchmarks Apple M2 Pro → 100% n=14

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-1145G7 → 63% n=14

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