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Apple M2 Pro vs Intel Core i5-9300HF

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 i5-9300HF

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The Intel Core i5-9300H is a fast processor for laptops with four cores based on the Coffee Lake architecture (2019 Refresh, CFL-HR). The processor clocks at between 2.4 and 4.1 GHz (4 with 4 cores) and can execute up to eight threads simultaneously thanks to Hyper-Threading. According to Intel, the CPU is manufactured in an improved 14nm (14nm++) process. Compared to the predecessor, the Core i5-8300H from 2018, the 9300H is clocked slightly higher (+100 MHz CPU).

Compared to the Core i5-9300H, the integrated graphics card in the 9300HF is deactivated.

The Coffee Lake architecture is similar to Kaby Lake and differs only in the amount of cores (now six cores for the high end versions) and the improved 14nm process (14nm++ according to Intel).

Performance

The Intel Core i5-9300HF should perform similar as the older Core i7-7920HQ (3.1 - 4.1 GHz). The faster Coffee Lake CPUs, like the Core i7-8750H/9750H offers two additional cores and is therefore up to 50% faster in multithreaded benchmarks. Still, the performance of the i5-9300HF should be sufficient for even demanding applications and games. Compared to the Core i5-9300H (see for benchmarks), the performance should be identical.

Power Consumption

Intel specifies the TDP with 45 watts and therefore the i5 is only suited for big laptops with good cooling solutions. Using cTDP-down, the CPU can also be configured to 35 Watt resulting in a reduced performance.

ModelApple M2 ProIntel Core i5-9300HF
SeriesApple M2Intel Coffee Lake
Series: Coffee Lake Coffee Lake-H
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 i9-9980HK compare2.4 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i9-9880H compare2.3 - 4.8 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i9-8950HK compare2.9 - 4.8 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Xeon E-2186M compare2.9 - 4.8 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Xeon E-2276M compare2.8 - 4.7 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-9850H compare2.6 - 4.6 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-9750H compare2.6 - 4.5 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Xeon E-2176M compare2.7 - 4.4 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-8850H compare2.6 - 4.3 GHz6 / 12 cores9 MB L3
Intel Core i7-8750H compare2.2 - 4.1 GHz6 / 12 cores9 MB L3
Intel Core i5-9400H compare2.5 - 4.3 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-9300HF « 2.4 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-9300H compare2.4 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-8400H compare2.5 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-8300H compare2.3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i3-8100H compare3 GHz4 / 4 cores8 MB L3
Clock2424 - 3504 MHz2400 - 4100 MHz
L1 Cache3.3 MB256 KB
L2 Cache36 MB1 MB
L3 Cache24 MB8 MB
Cores / Threads12 / 124 / 8
Transistors40000 Million
Technology5 nm14 nm
FeaturesARMv8 Instruction SetDual-Channel DDR4 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NI
iGPUApple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU
Chip AI15.8 TOPS INT8
ArchitectureARMx86
Announced
CodenameCoffee Lake-H
TDP45 Watt
max. Temp.100 °C
SocketFCBGA1440
$250 U.S.
Manufacturerark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Single Core
100%
1 M2 Pro +
123 Points (62%)
Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Multi Core
100%
1 M2 Pro +
1030 Points (19%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
100%
1 M2 Pro +
min: 14787     avg: 14795     median: 14794.5 (14%)     max: 14802 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
100%
1 M2 Pro +
min: 1647     avg: 1648     median: 1647.5 (67%)     max: 1648 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
100%
1 M2 Pro +
min: 446     avg: 446.5     median: 446.5 (49%)     max: 447 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
100%
1 M2 Pro +
min: 4018     avg: 4031     median: 4031 (10%)     max: 4044 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
100%
1 M2 Pro +
2069 Points (13%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
100%
1 M2 Pro +
230 Points (64%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
100%
1 M2 Pro +
331 Seconds (4%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
100%
1 M2 Pro +
0.4 sec (9%)
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 Single-Core
100%
1 M2 Pro +
2663 Points (62%)
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 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 (66%)     max: 1961 Points
1090 Points (37%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 14859     avg: 14961     median: 15010 (27%)     max: 15013 Points
4370 Points (8%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
4447 Points (44%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
14512 Points (14%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
1 M2 Pro +
443.8 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
1 M2 Pro +
76205 Points (50%)
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
100%
1 M2 Pro +
253 Points (66%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
100%
1 M2 Pro +
386 Points (69%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
100%
1 M2 Pro +
min: 1797     avg: 1805     median: 1804.5 (67%)     max: 1812 Points

Average Benchmarks Apple M2 Pro → 100% n=2

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-9300HF → 42% n=2

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
red legend - Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)