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Intel Core i7 13800H vs Apple M2 Pro

57 out of 100
Intel Core i7 13800H
VS
65 out of 100
Apple M2 Pro
Intel Core i7 13800H
Apple M2 Pro

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i7 13800H with 14-cores against the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 Pro with 12-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

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 Pro and 13800H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13800H
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • Has 2 more physical cores
Advantages of Apple M2 Pro
  • More powerful Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) integrated graphics: 6.8 vs 2.3 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Supports quad-channel memory

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 13800H
vs
M2 Pro

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core i7 13800H
117
M2 Pro +7%
125
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i7 13800H +27%
1008
M2 Pro
795
Cinebench Scores (#150th 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 13800H
2534
M2 Pro +5%
2666
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13800H
12815
M2 Pro +13%
14489
File compression 1170 MB/sec 1630 MB/sec
Clang compilation 91.9 Klines/sec 125.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 323.9 pages/sec 356.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 349.7 Mpixels/sec 352.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 256.6 pages/sec 266.9 pages/sec
Background blur 51.7 images/sec 53.8 images/sec
Photo processing 98.8 images/sec 126.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 21.6 Mpixels/sec 17 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 853 & 917 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 13800H
3520
M2 Pro +16%
4089
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13800H
26135
M2 Pro +2%
26724
Integer math 90.9 GOps/sec 57.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 65.2 GOps/sec 73.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 113M Primes/sec 354M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.9M Strings/sec 40.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 17.4 GBytes/sec 15.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 294.7 MBytes/sec 334.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1892 Frames/sec 3611 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 17.7B Matrices/sec 14.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 823 & 584 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 13800H
198.03
M2 Pro
198.23

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 22.4 PPW 26.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 284.8 PPW 483 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 580.8 PPW 890.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.4 PPW 6.61 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 13800H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-12 (Pat)Cinebench 2024117 / 1008
πŸ“˜ 2024-07-30 (Guest #1)Cinebench 202485 / 806
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Apple M2 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-23 (Roman)Cinebench 2024125 / 795
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 13800H and Apple M2 Pro

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released January 3, 2023 January 17, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Raptor Lake Apple M2
Model number i7-13800H -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H -
Successor - - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#101st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.2 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 4
E-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 12
Total Threads 20 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 25x -
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 32MB (shared)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 40 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 30 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket BGA-1744 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (131st and 73rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1398 MHz
Shading Units 768 2432
TMUs 48 152
ROPs 24 76
Execution Units 96 304
TGP 15 W 35 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 13800H
2.3 TFLOPS
M2 Pro +196%
6.8 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 4
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 204.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 13800H official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 -

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
37 (86%)
6 (14%)
Total votes: 43

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Comments

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