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Intel Core i7 12700H vs Apple M2

54 out of 100
Intel Core i7 12700H
VS
57 out of 100
Apple M2
Intel Core i7 12700H
Apple M2

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 12700H with 14-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.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments (2)

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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between M2 and 12700H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12700H
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Has 6 more physical cores
Advantages of Apple M2
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Apple M2 GPU integrated graphics: 2.9 vs 2.2 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 5 months later
  • 10% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2589 vs 2353 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 12700H
vs
Apple M2

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core i7 12700H
103
Apple M2 +21%
125
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i7 12700H +81%
1055
Apple M2
582
Cinebench Scores (#142nd place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i7 12700H
2353
Apple M2 +10%
2589
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 12700H +10%
11165
Apple M2
10122
File compression 907 MB/sec 1130 MB/sec
Clang compilation 83.6 Klines/sec 80.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.3 pages/sec 235.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 350.7 Mpixels/sec 266.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 236.4 pages/sec 257.4 pages/sec
Background blur 44.8 images/sec 42.1 images/sec
Photo processing 95.7 images/sec 107 images/sec
Ray tracing 18 Mpixels/sec 10.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 901 & 465 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 12700H
3482
Apple M2 +12%
3883
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 12700H +60%
24970
Apple M2
15651
Integer math 87.9 GOps/sec 37 GOps/sec
Floating point math 63.4 GOps/sec 37.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 91M Primes/sec 174M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.7M Strings/sec 23.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 17.1 GBytes/sec 9.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 292.8 MBytes/sec 185.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1476 Frames/sec 1667 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 17.4B Matrices/sec 7.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 12064 & 4611 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 12700H +81%
197.87
Apple M2
109.19

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 23.4 PPW 32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 248.1 PPW 562.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 554.9 PPW 869.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.4 PPW 6.07 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i7 12700H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-30 -> YowthCinebench 2024105 / 541
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-27 (Fapvie)Cinebench 2024102 / 961
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-27 (sizar)Cinebench 2024100 / 750
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-14 (HansNoob)Cinebench 2024103 / 860
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-16 (robin)Cinebench 202497 / 676
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Apple M2
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-14 (T)Geekbench 6 CPU2647 / 10245
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-05 (AR)Geekbench 6 CPU2655 / 10211
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Shivam)Geekbench 6 CPU2619 / 9900
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 12700H and Apple M2

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released January 4, 2022 June 6, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Alder Lake Apple M2
Model number i7-12700H -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Apple M2 GPU
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H - Apple M5 (10-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#125th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 4
E-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.7 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 8
Total Threads 20 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 23x -
L1 Cache 80K (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) 18 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket BGA-1744 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C -
Laptop processors ranking (163rd and 133rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Apple M2 GPU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 1398 MHz
Shading Units 768 1024
TMUs 48 64
ROPs 24 32
Execution Units 96 128
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 12700H
2.2 TFLOPS
Apple M2 +32%
2.9 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M2 GPU (8-core) compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 24 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 102.4 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 12700H official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 -

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M2 or Intel Core i7 12700H?
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igpu October 22, 2022 at 09:54 AM
How much power efficiency will increase when Intel starts manufacturing on 5nm?
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anonymous November 7, 2022 at 03:12 AM
On Intel 4 (7 nm but equivalent to TSMC 4), they are expecting a 40% decrease in power draw at the same performance and a 20% increase in performance at the same power draw. That's starting with the 14th gen, which is next year.
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