Apple M2 Pro vs Intel Core i7 10610U

VS

Apple M2 Pro

Intel Core i7 10610U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 Pro with 12 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i7 10610U with 4 cores 0.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 Pro 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 8 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 2933)

Larger memory bandwidth (204.8GB/s vs 45.8GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.3GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Intel Core i7 10610U 's Advantages

Lower TDP (25W vs 30W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M2 Pro +36%

1632

Intel Core i7 10610U

1197

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M2 Pro +246%

13929

Intel Core i7 10610U

4019

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 Pro +98%

2650

Intel Core i7 10610U

1336

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 Pro +355%

14275

Intel Core i7 10610U

3132

Blender

Apple M2 Pro +377%

253

Intel Core i7 10610U

53

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M2 Pro +91%

1986

Intel Core i7 10610U

1037

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M2 Pro +344%

14863

Intel Core i7 10610U

3341

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M2 Pro +77%

4116

Intel Core i7 10610U

2317

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M2 Pro +282%

26265

Intel Core i7 10610U

6867

Apple M2 Pro

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Intel Core i7 10610U

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

May 2020

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Comet Lake-U

-

Processor Number

i7-10610U

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1528

Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 620

Package

40 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

30 W

Power Consumption

10-25 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

4

8

Performance Core Threads

8

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

0.8-2.3 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

12

Total Core Count

4

12

Total Thread Count

8

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

-

Multiplier

8-23x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

32 MB shared

L2 Cache

256 K per core

-

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-2666, LPDDR3-2133, LPDDR4-2933

32 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

204.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

45.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

450 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

1398 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1150 MHz

2432

Shader Units

192

152

Texture Units

24

76

Raster Operation Units

3

304

Execution Units

24

35 W

Power Consumption

15 W

7680x4320 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

6.8 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.38 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i7 10610U

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

16

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