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Intel Core M-5Y10c vs Apple M2
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core M-5Y10c
27 %
2C / 4T · 2.00 GHz
Apple M2
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core M-5Y10c
13 %
2C / 4T · 1.60 GHz
Apple M2
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core M-5Y10c
28 %
2C / 4T · 2.00 GHz
Apple M2
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core M-5Y10c
13 %
2C / 4T · 1.60 GHz
Apple M2
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel HD Graphics 5300
Apple M2
100 %
Apple M2 (10 Core)
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
Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
666 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries
190 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
945 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
941 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries
383 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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Intel Core M-5Y10c | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core M (16) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | Intel Core M 5 (7) | Apple M2 (8) |
| Architecture | Broadwell Y | M2 |
| Technology | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA 1234 | |
| Predecessor | Apple M1 | |
| Successor | Apple M3 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
|
Intel Core M-5Y10c | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 4 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x 0.80 - 2.00 GHz |
4x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core M-5Y10c | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel HD Graphics 5300 | Apple M2 (10 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.30 - 0.80 GHz | 0.45 - 1.40 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 24 / 192 | 160 / 1280 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 2 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 16 GB | 24 GB |
| Technology | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2014 | Q2/2022 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Core M-5Y10c | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| 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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Intel Core M-5Y10c | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 16 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 2.0 x 12 | 4.0 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 6.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Core M-5Y10c | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 4.5 W | 20 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 30 W | |
| TDP down | 10 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
|
Wischen
|
Intel Core M-5Y10c | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | macOS, iPadOS | |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv8.5-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation |
| Release date | Q4/2014 | Q2/2022 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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