Intel Core i5-8259U vs Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU). Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Apple M series
• Generation
  8 1
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 8000U 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.

• Frequency
  2.30 GHz 3.20 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.80 GHz No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)

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 Iris Plus Graphics 655 Apple M1 Pro (14 Core)
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 1.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.05 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  48 224
• Shader
  384 1792
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB 32 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  9.5 1
• Technology
  14 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q3/2021

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
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU) and Intel Core i5-8259U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 SO-DIMM LPDDR5-6400
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 32 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-8259U and Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU) to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  28 W 30 W
• TDP up
  -- 40 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-8259U and Intel Core i5-8259U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L2-Cache
  -- 24.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Coffee Lake U M1
• Technology
  14 nm 5 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1528 N/A
• Release date
  Q2/2018 Q3/2021
• Part Number
  -- APL 1103