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Apple M2 vs Intel Core i3-1315U
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread
Single-core performance
Apple M2
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Intel Core i3-1315U
86 %
6C / 8T · 4.50 GHz
Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M2
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Intel Core i3-1315U
59 %
6C / 8T · 4.50 GHz
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M2
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Intel Core i3-1315U
83 %
6C / 8T · 4.50 GHz
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M2
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Intel Core i3-1315U
61 %
6C / 8T · 4.50 GHz
Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M2
98 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Intel Core i3-1315U
100 %
6C / 8T · 4.50 GHz
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M2
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Intel Core i3-1315U
71 %
6C / 8T · 1.20 GHz
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M2
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Intel Core i3-1315U
82 %
6C / 8T · 4.50 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M2
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Intel Core i3-1315U
67 %
6C / 8T · 1.20 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M2
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Intel Core i3-1315U
79 %
6C / 8T · 4.50 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M2
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Intel Core i3-1315U
64 %
6C / 8T · 1.20 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple M2
100 %
Apple M2 (10 Core)
Intel Core i3-1315U
35 %
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake)
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries
534 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries
190 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries
250 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple M2 | Intel Core i3-1315U |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple M series (38) | Intel Core i3 (205) |
| CPU group | Apple M2 (8) | Intel Core i 1300P/1300U (33) |
| Architecture | M2 | Raptor Lake U |
| Technology | 5 nm | 10 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA 1744 | |
| Predecessor | Apple M1 | Intel Core i3-1215U |
| Successor | Apple M3 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple M2 | Intel Core i3-1315U |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 6 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz |
2x Raptor Cove 1.20 - 4.50 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz |
4x Gracemont 0.90 - 3.30 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 10.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple M2 | Intel Core i3-1315U |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple M2 (10 Core) | Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake) |
| GPU frequency | 0.45 - 1.40 GHz | 0.35 - 1.25 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 160 / 1280 | 64 / 512 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 2 | 4 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 24 GB | 32 GB |
| Technology | 5 nm | 10 nm |
| Release date | Q2/2022 | Q1/2022 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple M2 | Intel Core i3-1315U |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple M2 | Intel Core i3-1315U |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) | LPDDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s) DDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s) LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 24 GB | 96 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 | 4.0 x 20 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 39.4 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple M2 | Intel Core i3-1315U |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 20 W | 15 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 55 W | |
| TDP up | 30 W | |
| TDP down | 10 W | 12 W |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple M2 | Intel Core i3-1315U |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | macOS, iPadOS | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv8.5-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 |
| Release date | Q2/2022 | Q1/2023 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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