Product Compare

Apple M2 Max vs Intel Core i9 11900K

	CPU Apple M2 Max	CPU Intel Core i9 11900K
General Parameters
Release Date	Jan 2023	Mar 2021
Manufacturer	Apple	Intel
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Instruction Set	ARMv8	x86-64
Core Architecture	Apple M2	Rocket Lake
Integrated Graphics	Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core)	UHD Graphics 750
Processor Number		i9-11900K
Package
Transistor Count	67 billions
Manufacturing Process	5 nm	14 nm
Socket	Apple M-Socket	LGA-1200
Power Consumption	30 W	125 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100°C	100°C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	8	8
Performance Core Threads	8	16
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.5 GHz	3.5 GHz
Efficiency Cores	4
Efficiency Core Threads	4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	2.4 GHz
Total Core Count	12	8
Total Thread Count	12	16
Multiplier	35x	35x
L1 Cache	192 K per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	32 MB shared	512 K per core
Unlocked Multiplier	No	Yes
Performance Core Turbo Frequency		5.3 GHz
Bus Frequency		100 MHz
L3 Cache		16 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	LPDDR5-6400	DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size	96 GB	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	8	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	409.6 GB/s	50 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	450 MHz	300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1398 MHz	1300 MHz
Shader Units	4864	256
Texture Units	304	64
Raster Operation Units	152	32
Execution Units	608	32
Power Consumption	70 W	15 W
Max Resolution	7680x4320 - 60 Hz	3840x2160 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version	4.0	4.0
Official Website		Official Link ↗
PCIe Lanes		20
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1651	1653
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	14852	16211
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2696	2492
Geekbench 5 Single Core	2004	1829
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	14905	11197
Geekbench 5 Multi Core	15030	11033
Blender	255	205
Passmark CPU Single Core	4149	3520
Passmark CPU Multi Core	26232	25343