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
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 11800H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 11800H
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
Advantages of Apple M2
  • Newer - released 1-year and 1-month later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Around 51.2 GB/s (100%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 24% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1925 vs 1558 points

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Apple M2 +5%
1571
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
12102
8615
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M2 +29%
3975
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
20895
15264
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Apple M2 +24%
1913
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Apple M2 +1%
8875
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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
Socket BGA-1787 Apple M-Socket
TDP 35-45 W (configurable) 15 W
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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