Product Compare

Intel Core i7 9700K vs Apple M2 Max

	CPU Intel Core i7 9700K	CPU Apple M2 Max
General Parameters
Release Date	Oct 2018	Jan 2023
Manufacturer	Intel	Apple
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	ARMv8
Core Architecture	Coffee Lake	Apple M2
Processor Number	i7-9700K
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 630	Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core)
Package
Manufacturing Process	14 nm	5 nm
Socket	LGA-1151	Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption	95 W	30 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	100°C
Transistor Count		67 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	8	8
Performance Core Threads	8	8
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.6 GHz	3.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.9 GHz
Total Core Count	8	12
Total Thread Count	8	12
Bus Frequency	100 MHz
Multiplier	36x	35x
L1 Cache	64 K per core	192 K per core
L2 Cache	256 K per core	32 MB shared
L3 Cache	12 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	No
Efficiency Cores		4
Efficiency Core Threads		4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency		2.4 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-2666	LPDDR5-6400
Max Memory Size	128 GB	96 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	8
Max Memory Bandwidth	41.6 GB/s	409.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	350 MHz	450 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1200 MHz	1398 MHz
Shader Units	192	4864
Texture Units	24	304
Raster Operation Units	3	152
Execution Units	24	608
Power Consumption	15 W	70 W
Max Resolution	4096x2304 - 60 Hz	7680x4320 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	3.0	4.0
PCIe Lanes	16
Extended Instruction Set	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1279	1651
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	9416	14852
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1575	2696
Geekbench 5 Single Core	1284	2004
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	6702	14905
Geekbench 5 Multi Core	7419	15030
Blender	141	255
Passmark CPU Single Core	2878	4149
Passmark CPU Multi Core	14441	26232