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Apple M2 vs Intel Core i7-8750H
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M2
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Intel Core i7-8750H
67 %
6C / 12T · 4.10 GHz
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M2
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Intel Core i7-8750H
70 %
6C / 12T · 3.90 GHz
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M2
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Intel Core i7-8750H
53 %
6C / 12T · 4.10 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M2
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Intel Core i7-8750H
53 %
6C / 12T · 3.90 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M2
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Intel Core i7-8750H
54 %
6C / 12T · 4.10 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M2
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Intel Core i7-8750H
52 %
6C / 12T · 3.90 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple M2
100 %
Apple M2 (10 Core)
Intel Core i7-8750H
12 %
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Multi-core performance
Apple M2
75 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Intel Core i7-8750H
100 %
6C / 12T · 3.90 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
666 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries
534 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries
190 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries
250 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
945 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
941 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries
383 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple M2 | Intel Core i7-8750H |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple M series (38) | Intel Core i7 (300) |
| CPU group | Apple M2 (8) | Intel Core i 8000H (6) |
| Architecture | M2 | Coffee Lake H |
| Technology | 5 nm | 14 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA 1440 | |
| Predecessor | Apple M1 | |
| Successor | Apple M3 | Intel Core i7-9750H |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple M2 | Intel Core i7-8750H |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 6 / 12 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz |
6x 2.20 - 4.10 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 9.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple M2 | Intel Core i7-8750H |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple M2 (10 Core) | Intel UHD Graphics 630 |
| GPU frequency | 0.45 - 1.40 GHz | 0.35 - 1.10 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 160 / 1280 | 24 / 192 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 2 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 24 GB | 64 GB |
| Technology | 5 nm | 14 nm |
| Release date | Q2/2022 | Q4/2017 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple M2 | Intel Core i7-8750H |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple M2 | Intel Core i7-8750H |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) | DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 24 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 | 3.0 x 16 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 15.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple M2 | Intel Core i7-8750H |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 20 W | 45 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 30 W | |
| TDP down | 10 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple M2 | Intel Core i7-8750H |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | macOS, iPadOS | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv8.5-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 |
| Release date | Q2/2022 | Q2/2018 |
| Release price | 360 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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