Apple M2 vs Intel Core i7 9850H

VS

Apple M2

Intel Core i7 9850H

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 with 8 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i7 9850H with 6 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 2 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (102.4GB/s vs 41.8GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.6GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (15W vs 45W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M2 +43%

1701

Intel Core i7 9850H

1184

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M2 +23%

8538

Intel Core i7 9850H

6912

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 +101%

2694

Intel Core i7 9850H

1340

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 +104%

10130

Intel Core i7 9850H

4955

Blender

Apple M2 +43%

146

Intel Core i7 9850H

102

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M2 +66%

1914

Intel Core i7 9850H

1150

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M2 +74%

8942

Intel Core i7 9850H

5132

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M2 +55%

3932

Intel Core i7 9850H

2535

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M2 +36%

15485

Intel Core i7 9850H

11313

Apple M2

VS

Intel Core i7 9850H

General Parameters

Jun 2022

Release Date

Apr 2019

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-9850H

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1440

Apple M2 GPU

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Package

20 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

15 W

Power Consumption

45 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

6

4

Performance Core Threads

12

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.6 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

8

Total Core Count

6

8

Total Thread Count

12

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

16 MB shared

L2 Cache

256 K per core

-

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-2666, LPDDR3-2133

24 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

102.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

350 MHz

1398 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1150 MHz

1024

Shader Units

192

64

Texture Units

24

32

Raster Operation Units

3

128

Execution Units

24

15 W

Power Consumption

15 W

6016x3384 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

2.86 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.38 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i7 9850H

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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