Intel Core i5-3350P vs Apple M2 (8-GPU). Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Apple M series
• Generation
  3 2
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 3000 Apple M2
• Predecessor
  -- 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.

• 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
  no iGPU Apple M2 (8 Core)
• GPU frequency
  1.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  128
• Shader
  1024
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 24 GB
• Max. displays
  2
• Generation
  2
• Technology
  5 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2022

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h264
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No Decode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No Decode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M2 (8-GPU) and Intel Core i5-3350P. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1333DDR3-1600 LPDDR5-6400
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 24 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2 (Dual Channel)

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-3350P and Apple M2 (8-GPU) to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  69 W 22 W
• TDP down
  -- 10 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-3350P and Intel Core i5-3350P, 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 Apple Virtualization Framework
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L2-Cache
  -- 20.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge S M2
• Technology
  22 nm 5 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1155 N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2012 Q2/2022