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Intel Core Ultra 7 155H vs Apple M2

57 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
VS
57 out of 100
Apple M2
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
Apple M2

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 155H with 16-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 155H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
  • Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-7467 RAM
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 1 year and 7 months later
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (8-Cores) integrated graphics: 4.6 vs 2.9 TFLOPS
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
Advantages of Apple M2
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • Around 12.8 GB/s (14%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 155H
vs
Apple M2

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 544 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3749 -
Cinebench Scores (#165th 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 Ultra 7 155H
2421
Apple M2 +7%
2589
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 7 155H +24%
12515
Apple M2
10122
File compression 1220 MB/sec 1130 MB/sec
Clang compilation 100.8 Klines/sec 80.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.5 pages/sec 235.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 356.1 Mpixels/sec 266.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 243.4 pages/sec 257.4 pages/sec
Background blur 49.2 images/sec 42.1 images/sec
Photo processing 117.2 images/sec 107 images/sec
Ray tracing 19.4 Mpixels/sec 10.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 910 & 465 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core Ultra 7 155H
3410
Apple M2 +14%
3883
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 7 155H +57%
24509
Apple M2
15651
Integer math 85.8 GOps/sec 37 GOps/sec
Floating point math 62.5 GOps/sec 37.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 113M Primes/sec 174M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 31.6M Strings/sec 23.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.1 GBytes/sec 9.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 273.8 MBytes/sec 185.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1701 Frames/sec 1667 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.2B Matrices/sec 7.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6648 & 4611 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 7 155H +58%
172.02
Apple M2
109.19

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 14.7 PPW 32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 192.5 PPW 562.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 377.1 PPW 869.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.65 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 Ultra 7 155H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-22 (Alex Paulino)Cinebench 2026544 / 3749
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-15 (Ak-Dev)Geekbench 6 CPU2347 / 12862
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-08 (Anuj)Geekbench 6 CPU2248 / 12118
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-25 (Aya)Cinebench 202485 / 943
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-25 (Tarekcoupe)Cinebench 202496 / 930
Add View all (13)
Apple M2
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-14 (T)Geekbench 6 CPU2647 / 10245
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-05 (AR)Geekbench 6 CPU2655 / 10211
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Shivam)Geekbench 6 CPU2619 / 9900
Add View all (3)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 155H and Apple M2

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released December 14, 2023 June 6, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Meteor Lake Apple M2
Model number 155H -
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Apple M2 GPU
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 255H - Apple M5 (10-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#99th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 4
Base Frequency (P) 1.4 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 4
E-Threads 10 4
Base Frequency (E) 0.9 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 16 8
Total Threads 22 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 14x -
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 20 billions
Fabrication Process 7 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-65 W (configurable) 18 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket FCBGA-2049 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 110Β°C -
Laptop processors ranking (128th and 133rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Apple M2 GPU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2250 MHz 1398 MHz
Shading Units 1024 1024
TMUs 64 64
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units 128 128
TGP 28 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 7 155H +59%
4.6 TFLOPS
Apple M2
2.9 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M2 GPU (8-core) compared to Arc iGPU (8-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600		 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 24 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 102.4 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 155H official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 -

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