Apple M2 (8-GPU) vs Intel Core i5-11260H. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  Apple M series Intel Core i5
• CPU group
  Apple M2 Intel Core i 11000H
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  2 11
• Predecessor
  Apple M1 --

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• Overclocking
  No No

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Apple M2 (8 Core) Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (16 EU)
• GPU frequency
  1.40 GHz 0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.40 GHz
• Execution units
  128 16
• Shader
  1024 128
• Max. GPU Memory
  24 GB --
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Generation
  2 11
• Technology
  5 nm 10 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2022 Q2/2021

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-11260H and Apple M2 (8-GPU). Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 DDR4-3200
• Max. Memory
  24 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2
• ECC
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M2 (8-GPU) and Intel Core i5-11260H to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  22 W 45 W
• TDP down
  10 W 35 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M2 (8-GPU) and Apple M2 (8-GPU), virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  5 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  N/A BGA 1787
• L2-Cache
  20.00 MB 5.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  -- 12.00 MB
• Architecture
  M2 Tiger Lake H
• Virtualization
  Apple Virtualization Framework VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• Release date
  Q2/2022 Q2/2021