M2 Ultra (24C60G) vs Intel Core i3-12100
            M2 Ultra (24C60G)
            
                
            
        
    
            Intel Core i3-12100
            
                $134
            
        
    | 24 Cores 24 Threads 3.5GHz Clock | 4 Cores 8 Threads 3.3GHz Clock | 
| Socket Unknown | Socket LGA 1700 | 
| iGPU60-Core M2 Ultra 21.47 TFLOPS FP32 | iGPUUHD 730 1400MHz 540 GFLOPS FP32 | 
| GB6S 2,700 67% | 
                                            
                                                GB6S 2,165
                                            
                                             53% | 
| GB6M 21,150 79% | 
                                            
                                                GB6M 6,865
                                            
                                             26% | 
| CB23S 1,695 65% | CB23S 1,660 64% | 
| CB23M 28,570 66% | CB23M 8,445 20% | 
| ManufacturerApple | ManufacturerIntel | 
| ArchitectureApple Silicon 11 | ArchitectureAlder Lake | 
| FamilyM Series | FamilyCore 12th Gen | 
| Instruction Set (ISA) AArch64 | Instruction Set (ISA) x86-64 | 
| Codename Rhodes-2C - M2 Ultra P-Core Avalanche - - E-Core Blizzard | Codename Alder Lake-S - Alder Lake-6P - Golden Cove - - - - | 
| Market Segment Desktop | Market Segment Desktop | 
| Release Date 6/5/2023 | Release Date 1/18/2022 | 
| Foundry TSMC - - - | Foundry Intel - - - | 
| Node N5P - - - | Node Intel 7 - - - | 
| Die Size 2x 470 mm² - - - | Die Size 158 mm² - - - | 
| Transistor Count 2x 67 Billion - - - | Transistor Count 11.4 Billion - - - | 
| Unknown | LGA 1700 | 
| 24 Cores 16 P-Cores - 8 E-Cores | 4 Cores - - - | 
| 24 Threads 16 P-Threads - 8 E-Threads | 8 Threads - - - | 
| P-Core 3.5GHz - - | - 3.3GHz 4.3GHz 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 - - 48MB Shared 12-way set associative - - - - - - 4MB Shared (E-Core) 16-way set associative | L2 1280KB/Core 10-way set associative - - - - - - - - - - | 
| - - - - - - - - - - | L3 - 12MB Shared - 12-way set associative - - - - - | 
| - - - 96MB SLC Cache | - - - - | 
| Channels 8 | Channels 2 | 
| Max Memory 192GB | Max Memory 128GB 128GB | 
| ECC Not Supported | ECC Not Supported | 
| Bus Width/Channel 128Bit Bus Width 1024Bit | 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 819.2GB/s | Bandwidth/Channel 38.4GB/s 25.6GB/s Bandwidth 76.8GB/s 51.2GB/s | 
| TDP 180W - - - | TDP 65W - - 89W 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 | 
| 60-Core M2 Ultra 7680 Shaders 1398MHz 21.47 TFLOPS FP32 | UHD 730 1400MHz 192 Shaders 1400MHz 540 GFLOPS FP32 | 
| - | GNA 3.0 | 
| - 32 Cores | - - | 
| 31.6 TOPS FP16 | -  | 
| - - | - - | 
| No Cellular | No Cellular | 
 
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
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