Intel Core i7 11800H vs Apple M2

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 1.9-2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 11800H against the 3.5 GHz Apple M2. 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 power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating

Key Differences

What are the key differences between M2 and 11800H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 11800H
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
Advantages of Apple M2
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Around 51.2 GB/s (100%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer - released 1-year and 1-month later
  • 20% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2594 vs 2166 points
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Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Apple M2 +5%
1582
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
12223
8743

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M2 +20%
2594
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M2 +11%
10094
File compression 739.6 MB/sec 1100 MB/sec
Clang compilation 69.6 Klines/sec 81.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 177.2 pages/sec 227.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 280.9 Mpixels/sec 280 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 198.2 pages/sec 261.3 pages/sec
Background blur 38.7 images/sec 41.4 images/sec
Photo processing 71.1 images/sec 95.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 15.2 Mpixels/sec 10.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M2 +28%
3976
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
20822
15346
Integer math 73.7 GOps/sec 36.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 43.9 GOps/sec 38.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 89M Primes/sec 183M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 29.7M Strings/sec 24.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.9 GBytes/sec 9.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 250.7 MBytes/sec 190.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 947 Frames/sec 1657 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.9B Matrices/sec 6.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 11800H and Apple M2

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released May 11, 2021 June 6, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Tiger Lake Apple M2
Model number i7-11800H -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU) Apple M2 GPU

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 4
P-Threads 16 4
Base Frequency (P) 1.9-2.3 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 2.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 16 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 19-23x -
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 20 billions
Fabrication process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 15 W
Socket BGA-1787 Apple M-Socket
Peak temperature 100°C -

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU) Apple M2 GPU
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1450 MHz 1398 MHz
Shading Units 256 1024
TMUs 16 64
ROPs 8 32
Execution Units 32 128
TGP 15 W 15 W
Max. Resolution - 6016x3384 - 60 Hz
iGPU FLOPS
0.742 TFLOPS
3 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR5-6400
Memory Size 128 GB 24 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s 102.4 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official site Intel Core i7 11800H official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 -

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M2 or Intel Core i7 11800H?
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Lindsay McEwen 08 August 2023 02:16
I will choose the Apple M2 because I am happy with the performance of it. 🤣🤣🤣
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