Intel Core i7 13700K vs Apple M1 Ultra

75 out of 100
Intel Core i7 13700K
VS
69 out of 100
Apple M1 Ultra

We compared two CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7 13700K (desktop) with 16-cores against the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Ultra (laptop) with 20-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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between Ultra and 13700K
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13700K
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • 21% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2941 vs 2436 points
  • Newer - released 7 months later
Advantages of Apple M1 Ultra
  • More powerful Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core) integrated graphics: 21.2 vs 0.8 TFLOPS
  • Around 729.6 GB/s (814%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 4 more physical cores

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M1 Ultra +7%
1625
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 659 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 6859 -
Cinebench Scores (#66th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2941
2436
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
20193
18530
File compression 1770 MB/sec 2000 MB/sec
Clang compilation 167.5 Klines/sec 189 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 528.1 pages/sec 513.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 560.2 Mpixels/sec 548.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 288 pages/sec 250.5 pages/sec
Background blur 81 images/sec 42.3 images/sec
Photo processing 187.6 images/sec 151.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 37.6 Mpixels/sec 27.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 817 & 509 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
4325
3860
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
45614
41392
Integer math 153.8 GOps/sec 92.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 114.4 GOps/sec 130.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 188M Primes/sec 538M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 62.5M Strings/sec 66.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 33.1 GBytes/sec 24.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 591.4 MBytes/sec 556.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 2692 Frames/sec 5558 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 36.4B Matrices/sec 25.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 8277 & 236 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
M1 Ultra +1%
406.35

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.2 PPW 23.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 161.5 PPW 264.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 364.9 PPW 591.3 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.22 PPW 5.81 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 13700K
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-03-30 (Channel3)Cinebench 2026659 / 6859
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-01-14 (Xypher)Cinebench 2024121 / 1618
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-05-28 (Illyctro)Geekbench 6 CPU2671 / 17244
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-05-27 (JMoor)Cinebench 2024120 / 1543
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-05-21 (Sighrus)Cinebench 2024126 / 1759
Apple M1 Ultra
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 13700K and Apple M1 Ultra

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released September 27, 2022 March 8, 2022
Type Desktop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Raptor Lake Apple M1
Model number i7-13700K APL1106/APL1W06
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 7700X - Intel Core i9 12900K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus - Apple M4 Ultra
Intel CPU rating (#31st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 16
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 4
E-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (E) 2.5 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.2 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 16 20
Total Threads 24 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 34x -
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 48MB (shared)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Transistors - 114 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 70 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 253 W -
Socket LGA-1700 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC -
Desktop CPU ranking (#40th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1600 MHz 1296 MHz
Shading Units 256 8192
TMUs 16 512
ROPs 8 256
Execution Units 32 1024
TGP 15 W 120 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.8 TFLOPS
M1 Ultra +2550%
21.2 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 819.2 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 13700K official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 -
PCI Express Lanes 20 -

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Total votes: 78

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