Intel Core i7 1360P vs Apple M2

52 out of 100
Intel Core i7 1360P
VS
57 out of 100
Apple M2

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 1360P with 12-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 power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
NanoReview Final Score
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between M2 and 1360P
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1360P
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 7 months later
Advantages of Apple M2
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Apple M2 GPU integrated graphics: 2.9 vs 2.3 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Apple M2 +11%
125
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Apple M2 +4%
582

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M2 +5%
2589
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
10233
10122
File compression 1080 MB/sec 1130 MB/sec
Clang compilation 64.8 Klines/sec 80.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 264.2 pages/sec 235.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 309.1 Mpixels/sec 266.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 211.5 pages/sec 257.4 pages/sec
Background blur 40 images/sec 42.1 images/sec
Photo processing 103.1 images/sec 107 images/sec
Ray tracing 15.2 Mpixels/sec 10.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]1073 & 465 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Apple M2 +14%
3883
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
18284
15651
Integer math 66.7 GOps/sec 37 GOps/sec
Floating point math 45.2 GOps/sec 37.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 77M Primes/sec 174M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 22.1M Strings/sec 23.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.2 GBytes/sec 9.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 199.3 MBytes/sec 185.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1266 Frames/sec 1667 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 11.4B Matrices/sec 7.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]1998 & 4611 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
130.96
109.19

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 20 PPW 32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 365.5 PPW 562.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 653 PPW 869.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.68 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 1360P
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-22 (Željko Perić)GeekBench2602 / 12296
📘 2026-04-22 (Željko Perić)Cinebench 2024110 / 726
📘 2026-03-15 (lee404)GeekBench2198 / 7305
📘 2024-11-15 (Asuna)Cinebench 202483 / 395
Apple M2
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-03-14 (T)GeekBench2647 / 10245
📘 2026-01-05 (AR)GeekBench2655 / 10211
📘 2025-10-24 (Shivam)GeekBench2619 / 9900

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1360P and Apple M2

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released January 3, 2023 June 6, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Raptor Lake Apple M2
Model number i7-1360P -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Apple M2 GPU
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 7730U -
Successor - - Apple M5 (10-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#140th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 4
E-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 16 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 22x -
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 20 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 18 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 64 W -
Socket BGA-1744 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100°C -
Laptop processors ranking (183rd and 133rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Apple M2 GPU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1398 MHz
Shading Units 768 1024
TMUs 48 64
ROPs 24 32
Execution Units 96 128
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
2.3 TFLOPS
Apple M2 +26%
2.9 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
- LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 24 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 102.4 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 1360P 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 1360P?
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BOB DOLE January 25, 2023 at 05:33 PM
Intel has moved on to a 7nm process. Calling a process technology by a gate length distance is largely irrelevant anyway. Intel calls its process Intel 7. TSMC calls its process N5. What really matters is transistor density and Intel 7 is pretty close in transistor density to TSMC's N5.
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Duke Nukem March 17, 2023 at 06:01 PM
No intel 7 lithography is 10nm+ there 2nd Gen 10nm Process Node.
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