Apple M2 Pro vs Intel Core i7 10850H

VS

Apple M2 Pro

Intel Core i7 10850H

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 Pro with 12 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i7 10850H with 6 cores 2.7GHz . 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 9 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 2.7GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (30W vs 45W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M2 Pro +37%

1632

Intel Core i7 10850H

1190

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M2 Pro +88%

13929

Intel Core i7 10850H

7392

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 Pro +192%

2650

Intel Core i7 10850H

907

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 Pro +477%

14275

Intel Core i7 10850H

2470

Blender

Apple M2 Pro +158%

253

Intel Core i7 10850H

98

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M2 Pro +73%

1986

Intel Core i7 10850H

1146

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M2 Pro +179%

14863

Intel Core i7 10850H

5321

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M2 Pro +52%

4116

Intel Core i7 10850H

2703

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M2 Pro +118%

26265

Intel Core i7 10850H

12011

Apple M2 Pro

VS

Intel Core i7 10850H

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Apr 2020

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Comet Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-10850H

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1440

Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Package

40 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

30 W

Power Consumption

45 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

6

8

Performance Core Threads

12

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.7 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.1 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

12

Total Core Count

6

12

Total Thread Count

12

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

-

Multiplier

27x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

32 MB shared

L2 Cache

256 K per core

-

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

32 GB

Max Memory Size

128 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

350 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 10850H

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

16

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