Apple M2 Ultra vs Intel Core Ultra 7 164U

VS

Apple M2 Ultra

Intel Core Ultra 7 164U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 Ultra with 24 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core Ultra 7 164U with 12 cores 1.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 Ultra 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Larger memory bandwidth (800GB/s vs 102.4GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 1.1GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 7nm)

Intel Core Ultra 7 164U 's Advantages

Released 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 6400)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 4.0)

Lower TDP (9W vs 60W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra +28%

2790

Intel Core Ultra 7 164U

2172

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra +148%

21217

Intel Core Ultra 7 164U

8552

Apple M2 Ultra

VS

Intel Core Ultra 7 164U

General Parameters

May 2023

Release Date

Dec 2023

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

-

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Meteor Lake

Apple M-Socket

Socket

Intel BGA 2551

Apple M2 Max GPU (76-core)

Integrated Graphics

Arc Xe-LPG 64EU

-

Generation

Ultra 7 (Meteor Lake)

Package

134 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

60 W

Power Consumption

9 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Foundry

Intel

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

2

16

Performance Core Threads

4

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.1 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.8 GHz

8

Efficiency Cores

10

8

Efficiency Core Threads

10

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

700 MHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

24

Total Core Count

12

24

Total Thread Count

14

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

11.0

192 K per core

L1 Cache

112 KB per core

64 MB shared

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

-

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

LPDDR5X-6400

192 GB

Max Memory Size

-

16

Max Memory Channels

2

800 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

102.4 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core Ultra 7 164U

4.0

PCIe Version

4

-

PCIe Lanes

8

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