Intel Core i5-13500 vs Apple M2. 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 13000 Apple M2
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Generation
  13 2
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-12500 --

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
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• 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 770 Apple M2 (8 Core)
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 3.50 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.45 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  32 128
• Shader
  256 0
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 16 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  11 2
• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2021 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 / 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 M2 and Intel Core i5-13500. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR5-5600 LPDDR5-5500
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2
• ECC
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-13500 and Apple M2 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 i5-13500 and Intel Core i5-13500, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1700 N/A
• L2-Cache
  20.00 MB 16.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  24.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Refresh M2
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q1/2022