Intel Core i7 10750H vs Apple M2

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7 10750H with 6-cores against the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating

Key Differences

What are the key differences between M2 and 10750H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 10750H
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-2933 RAM
Advantages of Apple M2
  • Newer - released 2-years and 3-months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 14 nanometers
  • Around 56.6 GB/s (124%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 62% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1925 vs 1186 points
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Apple M2 +34%
1572
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Apple M2 +19%
8648
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M2 +49%
4006
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Apple M2 +26%
15285
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Apple M2 +63%
1914
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Apple M2 +52%
8942

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 10750H and Apple M2

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released April 2, 2020 June 6, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Comet Lake Apple M2
Model number i7-10750H -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 630 Apple M2 GPU

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.6 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 2.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 8
Total Threads 12 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 26x -
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 20 billions
Fabrication process 14 nm 5 nm
Socket BGA-1440 Apple M-Socket
TDP 45 W 15 W
Peak temperature 100°C -

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630 Apple M2 GPU
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1150 MHz 1398 MHz
Shading Units 192 1024
TMUs 24 64
ROPs 3 32
Execution Units 24 128
TGP 15 W 15 W
Max. Resolution 4096x2304 - 60 Hz 6016x3384 - 60 Hz
iGPU FLOPS
0.38 TFLOPS
3 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types DDR4-2933 LPDDR5-6400
Memory Size 128 GB 24 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 45.8 GB/s 102.4 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official site Intel Core i7 10750H official page -
PCI Express Version 3.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 -

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