Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) vs Intel Core i5-2450M. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Apple M1 Intel Core i 2000M
• Family
  Apple M series Intel Core i5
• Generation
  1 2
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  8x Firestorm -
• B-Core
  2x Icestorm -
• Base Frequency
  3.2 GHz 2.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  10 2
• CPU Threads
  10 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 3.1 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (10 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - No turbo

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

• DirectX Version
  - 10.1
• Execution units
  256 12
• Generation
  1 6
• GPU Frequency
  1300 MHz 650 MHz
• GPU name
  Apple M1 Pro (16 Core) Intel HD Graphics 3000
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1300 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB -
• Release date
  Q3/2021 Q1/2011
• Shader
  2048 96
• Technology
  5 nm 32 nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-2450M and Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU). Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 DDR3-1066DDR3-1333
• PCIe
  4.0 -
• PCIe lanes
  - 16
• PCIe version
  - 2.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) and Intel Core i5-2450M Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  30 W 35 W
• TDP up
  40 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) and Intel Core i5-2450M, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  M1 Sandy Bridge H
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L2-Cache
  28 MB -
• L3-Cache
  - 3 MB
• Part Number
  APL 1103 -
• Release date
  Q3/2021 Q1/2012
• Socket
  - BGA 1023
• Technology
  5 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT