Apple M2 vs Intel Core i7 6820HQ

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Apple M2 Intel Core i7 6820HQ

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 with 8 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i7 6820HQ with 4 cores 2.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-6400 vs DDR4-2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (102.4GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.7GHz)

Lower TDP (15W vs 45W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M2 +90%

1701

Intel Core i7 6820HQ

891

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M2 +99%

8538

Intel Core i7 6820HQ

4287

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 +159%

2694

Intel Core i7 6820HQ

1037

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 +184%

10130

Intel Core i7 6820HQ

3560

Blender

Apple M2 +190%

151

Intel Core i7 6820HQ

52

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M2 +126%

1914

Intel Core i7 6820HQ

844

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M2 +166%

8942

Intel Core i7 6820HQ

3359

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M2 +100%

3932

Intel Core i7 6820HQ

1958

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M2 +125%

15485

Intel Core i7 6820HQ

6869

Apple M2

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Intel Core i7 6820HQ

General Parameters

Jun 2022

Release Date

Sep 2015

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i7-6820HQ

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1440

Apple M2 GPU

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics 530

Package

20 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1440

15 W

Power Consumption

45 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

4

Performance Core Threads

8

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.7 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

8

Total Core Count

4

8

Total Thread Count

8

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

256 K per core

-

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600

24 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

102.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

34.1 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1398 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1050 MHz

1024

Shader Units

-

64

Texture Units

-

32

Raster Operation Units

-

128

Execution Units

-

15 W

Power Consumption

-

6016x3384 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

2.86 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i7 6820HQ

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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