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Intel Core i7 13700K vs Apple M2

75 out of 100
Intel Core i7 13700K
VS
55 out of 100
Apple M2
Intel Core i7 13700K
Apple M2

We compared two CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7 13700K (desktop) with 16-cores against the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 (laptop) 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 (1)

Review

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Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
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Power Efficiency
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between M2 and 13700K
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13700K
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 5.0
  • 14% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2941 vs 2589 points
Advantages of Apple M2
  • More powerful Apple M2 GPU integrated graphics: 2.9 vs 0.8 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Around 12.8 GB/s (14%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 13700K
vs
Apple M2

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core i7 13700K
121
Apple M2 +3%
125
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i7 13700K +161%
1521
Apple M2
582
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 659 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 6859 -
Cinebench Scores (#66th 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 13700K +14%
2941
Apple M2
2589
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13700K +99%
20193
Apple M2
10122
File compression 1770 MB/sec 1130 MB/sec
Clang compilation 167.5 Klines/sec 80.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 528.1 pages/sec 235.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 560.2 Mpixels/sec 266.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 288 pages/sec 257.4 pages/sec
Background blur 81 images/sec 42.1 images/sec
Photo processing 187.6 images/sec 107 images/sec
Ray tracing 37.6 Mpixels/sec 10.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 817 & 465 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 13700K +11%
4325
Apple M2
3883
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13700K +191%
45614
Apple M2
15651
Integer math 153.8 GOps/sec 37 GOps/sec
Floating point math 114.4 GOps/sec 37.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 188M Primes/sec 174M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 62.5M Strings/sec 23.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 33.1 GBytes/sec 9.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 591.4 MBytes/sec 185.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 2692 Frames/sec 1667 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 36.4B Matrices/sec 7.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 8277 & 4611 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 13700K +268%
401.93
Apple M2
109.19

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.2 PPW 32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 161.5 PPW 562.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 364.9 PPW 869.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.22 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 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
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Apple M2
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-03-14 (T)Geekbench 6 CPU2647 / 10245
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-01-05 (AR)Geekbench 6 CPU2655 / 10211
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Shivam)Geekbench 6 CPU2619 / 9900
Add View all (3)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 13700K and Apple M2

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released September 27, 2022 June 6, 2022
Type Desktop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Raptor Lake Apple M2
Model number i7-13700K -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 Apple M2 GPU
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 7700X -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus - Apple M5 (10-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#31st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 4
P-Threads 16 4
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 4
E-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (E) 2.5 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.2 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 16 8
Total Threads 24 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 34x -
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Transistors - 20 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 18 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 M2 GPU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1600 MHz 1398 MHz
Shading Units 256 1024
TMUs 16 64
ROPs 8 32
Execution Units 32 128
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 13700K
0.8 TFLOPS
Apple M2 +262%
2.9 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M2 GPU (8-core) compared to UHD Graphics 770

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 24 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 102.4 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 13700K official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 -

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M2 or Intel Core i7 13700K?
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John July 29, 2024 at 12:23 PM
The M series was created to solve the efficiency performance issues with MacBooks. Intel just couldnโ€™t provide the efficiency and good performance Apple needed in thin notebooks. I think Apple has made less impact with M series on desktops as efficiency is less important. Especially when considering the SoC design prevents any upgrades.
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