M2 Max (12C30G) vs Intel Core i5-12400F
            M2 Max (12C30G)
            
                
            
        
    
            Intel Core i5-12400F
            
                $175
            
        
    | 12 Cores 12 Threads 3.66GHz Clock | 6 Cores 12 Threads 2.5GHz Clock | 
| Socket Unknown | Socket LGA 1700 | 
| iGPU30-Core M2 Max 10.74 TFLOPS FP32 | iGPU No GPU - - | 
| GB6S 2,825 70% | 
                                            
                                                GB6S 2,220
                                            
                                             55% | 
| GB6M 14,800 55% | 
                                            
                                                GB6M 9,060
                                            
                                             34% | 
| CB23S 1,710 66% | CB23S 1,735 67% | 
| CB23M 14,535 34% | CB23M 11,710 27% | 
| ManufacturerApple | ManufacturerIntel | 
| ArchitectureApple Silicon 11 | ArchitectureAlder Lake | 
| FamilyM Series | FamilyCore 12th Gen | 
| Instruction Set (ISA) AArch64 | Instruction Set (ISA) x86-64 | 
| Codename Rhodes-1C - M2 Max P-Core Avalanche - - E-Core Blizzard | Codename Alder Lake-S - Alder Lake-6P - Golden Cove - - - - | 
| Market Segment Laptop | Market Segment Desktop | 
| Release Date 1/17/2023 | Release Date 1/18/2022 | 
| Foundry TSMC - - - | Foundry Intel - - - | 
| Node N5P - - - | Node Intel 7 - - - | 
| Die Size 470 mm² - - - | Die Size 158 mm² - - - | 
| Transistor Count 67 Billion - - - | Transistor Count 11.4 Billion - - - | 
| Unknown | LGA 1700 | 
| 12 Cores 8 P-Cores - 4 E-Cores | 6 Cores - - - | 
| 12 Threads 8 P-Threads - 4 E-Threads | 12 Threads - - - | 
| P-Core 3.66GHz - - | - 2.5GHz 4.4GHz Boost - | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| E-Core 2.42GHz - | - - - | 
| Overclocking Locked - - - | Overclocking Locked - - - | 
| Integrated Chipset - | Type DMI | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | Transfer Rate 16GT/s | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | Lanes 8 | 
| - - | Bandwidth 16GB/s | 
| - - | Bi-directional 32GB/s | 
| L0 Instruction - - | L0 Instruction - - | 
| L0 Data - - | L0 Data - - | 
| L1 Instruction 192KB/P-Core 6-way set associative - - 128KB/E-Core 4-way set associative | L1 Instruction 32KB/Core 8-way set associative - - - - | 
| L1 Data 128KB/P-Core 4-way set associative - - 64KB/E-Core 2-way set associative | L1 Data 48KB/Core 12-way set associative - - - - | 
| L2 - - 24MB Shared 12-way set associative - - - - - - 4MB Shared (E-Core) 16-way set associative | L2 1280KB/Core 10-way set associative - - - - - - - - - - | 
| - - - - - - - - - - | L3 - 18MB Shared - 12-way set associative - - - - - | 
| - - - 48MB SLC Cache | - - - - | 
| Channels 4 | Channels 2 | 
| Max Memory 64GB | Max Memory 128GB 128GB | 
| ECC Not Supported | ECC Not Supported | 
| Bus Width/Channel 128Bit Bus Width 512Bit | Bus Width/Channel 64Bit Bus Width 128Bit | 
| Clock 3200MHz Transfer Rate 6400MT/s | Clock 2400MHz 1600MHz Transfer Rate 4800MT/s 3200MT/s | 
| Bandwidth/Channel 102.4GB/s Bandwidth 409.6GB/s | Bandwidth/Channel 38.4GB/s 25.6GB/s Bandwidth 76.8GB/s 51.2GB/s | 
| TDP 90W - - - | TDP 65W - - 117W Peak | 
| Temp 100°C Max - | Temp 100°C Max - | 
| Included Cooler Not Included | Included CoolerLaminar RM1 | 
| No PCIe | PCIe 5.0 x16 Lanes PCIe 4.0 x4 Lanes | 
| 30-Core M2 Max 3840 Shaders 1398MHz 10.74 TFLOPS FP32 | No GPU - - - - | 
| - | GNA 3.0 | 
| - 16 Cores | - - | 
| 15.8 TOPS FP16 | -  | 
| - - | - - | 
| No Cellular | No Cellular | 
 
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
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