Apple M2 Pro vs Intel Core i5-1340P. 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 1300P/1300U
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  2 13
• Predecessor
  Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 14-GPU) Intel Core i5-1240P

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 12 / 16
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  8x Avalanche 4x Raptor Cove
• B-Core
  4x Blizzard 8x Gracemont
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• A-Core Frequency
  3.50 GHz 1.80 GHz (4.60 GHz)
• B-Core Frequency
  2.80 GHz 1.30 GHz (3.40 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) Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
• GPU frequency
  1.40 GHz 0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.45 GHz
• Execution units
  256 80
• Shader
  2048 640
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB 32 GB
• Max. displays
  2 4
• Generation
  2 13
• Direct X
  -- 12.1
• Technology
  5 nm 10 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q1/2022

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
• 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 i5-1340P and Apple M2 Pro. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 DDR4-3200DDR5-5200LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-6400
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2 (Dual Channel)
• Bandwidth
  204.8 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
• ECC
  No No
• PCIe
  4.0 4.0 x 20
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M2 Pro and Intel Core i5-1340P to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL2)
  -- 64 W
• TDP down
  -- 20 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 BGA 1744
• L2-Cache
  36.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  -- 12.00 MB
• Architecture
  M2 Raptor Lake U
• 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
• Release date
  Q2/2022 Q1/2023
• Release price
  -- 353 $
• Documents
  -- Technical data sheet