Intel Core i5-8250U vs Apple M1. 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
  1.60 GHz 3.20 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.40 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  -- 4x Firestorm
• B core
  -- 4x Icestorm

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 620 Apple M1 (8 Core)
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 3.20 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.10 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  24 128
• Shader
  192 0
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Generation
  9.5 1
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  14 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2016 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
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• AV1
  No 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 i5-8250U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 SO-DIMM LPDDR4X-4266
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 4.0
• PCIe lanes
  12

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-8250U and Apple M1 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 15 W
• TDP up
  -- 20 W
• TDP down
  -- 10 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-8250U and Intel Core i5-8250U, 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
  -- 16.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Kaby Lake U Refresh M1
• Technology
  14 nm 5 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1356 N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2017 Q4/2020