Intel Core Ultra 5 245K vs M2 Max (12C30G)

Intel Core Ultra 5 245K $319
M2 Max (12C30G)
14 Cores
14 Threads
4.2GHz Clock
12 Cores
12 Threads
3.66GHz Clock
Socket
LGA 1851
Socket
Unknown
iGPU
Graphics 4C 1900MHz
1.95 TFLOPS FP32
iGPU
30-Core M2 Max
10.74 TFLOPS FP32
GB6S 2,950
73%
GB6S 2,825
70%
GB6M 18,095
68%
GB6M 14,800
55%
CB23S 2,110
81%
CB23S 1,710
66%
CB23M 26,510
61%
CB23M 14,535
34%
Manufacturer
Intel
Manufacturer
Apple
Architecture
Arrow Lake
Architecture
Apple Silicon 11
Family
Core Ultra Series 2
Family
M Series
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
Codename
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Arrow Lake-S-8P-16E
P-Core
Lion Cove
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E-Core
Skymont
Codename
Rhodes-1C
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M2 Max
P-Core
Avalanche
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E-Core
Blizzard
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
10/24/2024
Release Date
1/17/2023
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC (iGPU Die)
TSMC (SoC Die)
TSMC (IO Die)
Foundry
TSMC
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Node
N3B
N5 (iGPU Die)
N6 (SoC Die)
N6 (IO Die)
Node
N5P
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Die Size
135 mm²
23 mm² (iGPU Die)
100 mm² (SoC Die)
28 mm² (IO Die)
Die Size
470 mm²
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Transistor Count
Unknown
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Transistor Count
67 Billion
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LGA 1851
Unknown
14 Cores
6 P-Cores
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8 E-Cores
12 Cores
8 P-Cores
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4 E-Cores
14 Threads
6 P-Threads
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8 E-Threads
12 Threads
8 P-Threads
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4 E-Threads
P-Core
4.2GHz
5.2GHz Boost
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P-Core
3.66GHz
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E-Core
3.6GHz
4.6GHz Boost
E-Core
2.42GHz
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Overclocking
Unlocked
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Overclocking
Locked
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Type
DMI
Integrated Chipset
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Transfer Rate
16GT/s
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Lanes
8
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Bandwidth
16GB/s
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Bi-directional
32GB/s
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L0 Instruction
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L0 Instruction
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L0 Data
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L0 Data
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L1 Instruction
64KB/P-Core
8-way set associative
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64KB/E-Core
8-way set associative
L1 Instruction
192KB/P-Core
6-way set associative
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128KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Data
48KB/P-Core
12-way set associative
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32KB/E-Core
8-way set associative
L1 Data
128KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
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64KB/E-Core
2-way set associative
L2
3072KB/Core
10-way set associative
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8MB Shared (E-Core)
16-way set associative
L2
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24MB Shared
12-way set associative
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4MB Shared (E-Core)
16-way set associative
L3
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24MB Shared
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12-way set associative
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48MB SLC Cache
Channels
2
Channels
4
Max Memory
192GB
Max Memory
64GB
ECC
Supported
ECC
Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width/Channel
128Bit
Bus Width
512Bit
Clock
3200MHz
Transfer Rate
6400MT/s
Clock
3200MHz
Transfer Rate
6400MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
51.2GB/s
Bandwidth
102.4GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
102.4GB/s
Bandwidth
409.6GB/s
TDP
125W
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159W Peak
TDP
90W
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Temp
105°C Max
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Temp
100°C Max
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Included Cooler
Not Included
Included Cooler
Not Included
PCIe 5.0 x20 Lanes
PCIe 4.0 x4 Lanes
No PCIe
Graphics 4C 1900MHz
512 Shaders
1900MHz
1.95 TFLOPS FP32
30-Core M2 Max
3840 Shaders
1398MHz
10.74 TFLOPS FP32
AI Boost 3
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2 Cores
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16 Cores
13 TOPS INT8
15.8 TOPS FP16
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No Cellular
No Cellular
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