Intel Core i5-12400 vs Apple M1. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Intel Core i5 Apple M series
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000 Apple M1
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Generation
  12 1
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-11400 --

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
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• Frequency
  2.50 GHz 3.20 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.40 GHz No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• 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
  Intel UHD Graphics 730 Apple M1 (8 Core)
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 3.20 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.45 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  24 128
• Shader
  192 0
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Generation
  12 1
• Technology
  14 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q4/2020

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 / Encode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M1 and Intel Core i5-12400. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 LPDDR4X-4266
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• ECC
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-12400 and Apple M1 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 15 W
• TDP (PL2)
  117 W --
• TDP up
  -- 20 W
• TDP down
  -- 10 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-12400 and Intel Core i5-12400, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L2-Cache
  7.50 MB 16.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  18.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Alder Lake S M1
• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None
• Socket
  LGA 1700 N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q4/2020