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Intel Core i7 9750H vs Apple M2

32 out of 100
Intel Core i7 9750H
VS
57 out of 100
Apple M2
Intel Core i7 9750H
Apple M2

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7 9750H with 6-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

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 9750H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 9750H
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-2666 RAM
Advantages of Apple M2
  • More powerful Apple M2 GPU integrated graphics: 2.9 vs 0.4 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 14 nanometers
  • Around 60.6 GB/s (145%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 94% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2589 vs 1332 points
  • Newer - released 3 years and 2 months later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 9750H
vs
Apple M2

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core i7 9750H
66
Apple M2 +89%
125
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i7 9750H
338
Apple M2 +72%
582
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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 9750H
1332
Apple M2 +94%
2589
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 9750H
5548
Apple M2 +82%
10122
File compression 440.6 MB/sec 1130 MB/sec
Clang compilation 43 Klines/sec 80.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 122.2 pages/sec 235.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 162.6 Mpixels/sec 266.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 129.2 pages/sec 257.4 pages/sec
Background blur 30.2 images/sec 42.1 images/sec
Photo processing 48.3 images/sec 107 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.4 Mpixels/sec 10.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 887 & 465 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 9750H
2389
Apple M2 +63%
3883
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 9750H
10579
Apple M2 +48%
15651
Integer math 37.6 GOps/sec 37 GOps/sec
Floating point math 23.2 GOps/sec 37.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 32M Primes/sec 174M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 19.7M Strings/sec 23.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 3.7 GBytes/sec 9.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 148.5 MBytes/sec 185.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 666 Frames/sec 1667 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 9.1B Matrices/sec 7.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 14759 & 4611 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 9750H
87.76
Apple M2 +24%
109.19

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 7.5 PPW 32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 123.3 PPW 562.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 235.1 PPW 869.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.95 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 9750H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-19 (ysh)Cinebench 202467 / 423
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-12 (Yus)GeekBench1566 / 6117
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-10 (Yus)GeekBench1475 / 5676
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-15 (Star)Cinebench 202457 / 332
πŸ“˜ 2024-11-03 (skoda)Cinebench 202466 / 338
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Apple M2
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-14 (T)GeekBench2647 / 10245
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-05 (AR)GeekBench2655 / 10211
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Shivam)GeekBench2619 / 9900
Add View all (3)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 9750H and Apple M2

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released April 23, 2019 June 6, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Coffee Lake Apple M2
Model number i7-9750H -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 630 Apple M2 GPU
Successor - Intel Core i7 10750H - Apple M5 (10-Core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.6 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 2.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 8
Total Threads 12 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 26x -
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 32K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 20 billions
Fabrication Process 14 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 45 W 18 W
Socket BGA-1440 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C -

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630 Apple M2 GPU
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1150 MHz 1398 MHz
Shading Units 192 1024
TMUs 24 64
ROPs 3 32
Execution Units 24 128
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 9750H
0.4 TFLOPS
Apple M2 +625%
2.9 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M2 GPU (8-core) compared to UHD Graphics 630

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2666
- LPDDR3-2133		 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 24 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 41.8 GB/s 102.4 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 9750H official page -
PCI Express Version 3.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 -

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Total votes: 38

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