Product Compare

Intel Core i7 12700F vs Apple M2 Max

	CPU Intel Core i7 12700F	CPU Apple M2 Max
General Parameters
Release Date	Jan 2022	Jan 2023
Manufacturer	Intel	Apple
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	ARMv8
Core Architecture	Alder Lake	Apple M2
Processor Number	i7-12700F
Integrated Graphics	No	Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core)
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	5 nm
Socket	LGA-1700	Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption	65 W	30 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption	180 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100°C	100°C
Transistor Count		67 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	8	8
Performance Core Threads	16	8
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.1 GHz	3.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.8 GHz
Efficiency Cores	4	4
Efficiency Core Threads	4	4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	1.6 GHz	2.4 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency	3.6 GHz
Total Core Count	12	12
Total Thread Count	20	12
Bus Frequency	100 MHz
Multiplier	21x	35x
L1 Cache	80 K per core	192 K per core
L2 Cache	12 MB shared	32 MB shared
L3 Cache	25 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200	LPDDR5-6400
Max Memory Size	128 GB	96 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	8
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	409.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	5.0	4.0
PCIe Lanes	20
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics		true
GPU Base Frequency		450 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency		1398 MHz
Shader Units		4864
Texture Units		304
Raster Operation Units		152
Execution Units		608
Power Consumption		70 W
Max Resolution		7680x4320 - 60 Hz
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1885	1651
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	19795	14852
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2446	2696
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	12755	14905
Blender	328	255
Passmark CPU Single Core	3882	4149
Passmark CPU Multi Core	30652	26232