Apple M2 Pro vs Intel Core i5-13400F. 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 13000
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Generation
  2 13
• Predecessor
  Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 14-GPU) Intel Core i5-12400

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.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  12 / 12 10 / 16
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  8x Avalanche 6x Raptor Cove
• B-Core
  4x Blizzard 4x Gracemont
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• A-Core Frequency
  3.50 GHz 2.50 GHz (4.60 GHz)
• B-Core Frequency
  2.80 GHz 2.50 GHz (3.30 GHz)

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 Pro (16 Core) no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  1.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  256
• Shader
  2048
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB --
• Max. displays
  2
• Generation
  2
• Technology
  5 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2022

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-13400F and Apple M2 Pro. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 DDR5-4800
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2 (Dual Channel)
• Bandwidth
  204.8 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
• ECC
  No Yes
• PCIe
  4.0 5.0 x 20
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M2 Pro and Intel Core i5-13400F to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  45 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  -- 117 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M2 Pro and Apple M2 Pro, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  5 nm 10 nm
• Chip design
  Chiplet Monolithic
• Socket
  N/A LGA 1700
• L2-Cache
  36.00 MB 20.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  -- 20.00 MB
• Architecture
  M2 Alder Lake S Refresh
• Operating systems
  macOS, iPadOS Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
• 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, AVX2+
• Release date
  Q2/2022 Q1/2023