Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M2 Pro
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
Specifications
Performance
| L3 Cache | - | 12MB (shared) |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) | Arc Graphics 140V |
| TGP | 35 W | 30 W |
Display
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
Other
| File compression | 1630 MB/sec | 1020 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 125.3 Klines/sec | 66.1 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 356.9 pages/sec | 287.7 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 352.9 Mpixels/sec | 295.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 266.9 pages/sec | 276.7 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 53.8 images/sec | 46.5 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 126.3 images/sec | 113.9 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 17 Mpixels/sec | 14 Mpixels/sec |
| Integer math | 57.8 GOps/sec | 43.2 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 73.3 GOps/sec | 57.9 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 356M Primes/sec | 187M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 41M Strings/sec | 21.7M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 15.7 GBytes/sec | 13.6 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 335.5 MBytes/sec | 177.2 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 3608 Frames/sec | 1571 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 14.5B Matrices/sec | 14.8B Matrices/sec |
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 26.5 PPW | 17.2 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 483 PPW | 291.9 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 890 PPW | 512.7 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 6.61 PPW | 3.48 PPW |
| Vendor | Apple | Intel |
| Released | January 17, 2023 | September 4, 2024 |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Apple M2 | Lunar Lake |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - |
| P-Cores | 8 | 4 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.5 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| E-Cores | 4 | 4 |
| E-Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.4 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| Total Cores | 12 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 8 |
| Multiplier | - | 22x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 32MB (shared) | 2560K (per core) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
| Transistors | 40 billions | - |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 3 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 30 W | 17-37 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | - | - |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | FCBGA-2833 |
| Peak Temperature | 100°C | 100°C |
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) | Intel Arc Graphics 140V |
| GPU Base Clock | 450 MHz | 600 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1398 MHz | 1950 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2432 | 1024 |
| TMUs | 152 | - |
| ROPs | 76 | - |
| Execution Units | 304 | - |
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-6400 | - LPDDR5X-8533 |
| Max. Memory Size | 32 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 204.8 GB/s | - |
| ECC Support | No | No |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| Model number | - | 258V |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | - | 4.8 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | - | 3.7 GHz |
| Bus Frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Official Site | - | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V official page |
| PCI Express Lanes | - | 8 |