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Apple M2 (8-GPU) vs Intel Core i7-13700K

Last updated: 2026-06-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 88 %

Apple M2 (8-GPU)

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-13700K

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 40 %

Apple M2 (8-GPU)

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-13700K

Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

470 pts

16C / 24T · 5.40 GHz

495 pts

Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

2,316 pts

16C / 24T · 5.40 GHz

6,207 pts

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

120 pts

16C / 24T · 5.40 GHz

126 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

555 pts

16C / 24T · 5.40 GHz

1,602 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

1,592 pts

16C / 24T · 5.40 GHz

2,126 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

8,558 pts

16C / 24T · 5.30 GHz

30,766 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

2,596

16C / 24T · 5.40 GHz

2,787

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

10,062

16C / 24T · 5.30 GHz

17,208

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

1,874

16C / 24T · 5.40 GHz

2,065

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

8,853

16C / 24T · 5.30 GHz

18,402

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M2 (8 Core)

2,840

Intel UHD Graphics 770

820

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Apple M2 (8-GPU)	Intel Core i7-13700K
Family	Apple M series (38)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Apple M2 (8)	Intel Core i 13000 (18)
Architecture	M2	Raptor Lake S
Technology	5 nm	10 nm
Segment	Notebook	Desktop
Socket		LGA 1700
Predecessor	Apple M1	Intel Core i7-12700K
Successor	Apple M3 (8-GPU)	Intel Core i7-14700K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Apple M2 (8-GPU)	Intel Core i7-13700K
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8	16 / 24
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	4x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz	8x Raptor Cove 3.40 - 5.40 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz	8x Gracemont 2.50 - 4.20 GHz
L2-Cache	20.00 MB	24.00 MB
L3-Cache		30.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Apple M2 (8-GPU)	Intel Core i7-13700K
GPU name	Apple M2 (8 Core)	Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU frequency	0.45 - 1.40 GHz	0.30 - 1.60 GHz
CUs / Shader	128 / 1024	32 / 256
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	2	3
Max. GPU Memory	24 GB	64 GB
Technology	5 nm	10 nm
Release date	Q2/2022	Q4/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Apple M2 (8-GPU)	Intel Core i7-13700K
AI hardware	Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications	16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Apple M2 (8-GPU)	Intel Core i7-13700K
Memory	LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)	DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	24 GB	192 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	4.0	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth		78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Apple M2 (8-GPU)	Intel Core i7-13700K
TDP	20 W	125 W
TDP (PL2)		253 W
TDP up	25 W
TDP down	10 W
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Apple M2 (8-GPU)	Intel Core i7-13700K
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, AVX2+
Release date	Q2/2022	Q4/2022
Release price		409 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Apple M2 (8-GPU) is 4.6 stars (108 ratings), while Intel Core i7-13700K has received 4.1 stars (143 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Apple M2 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 0.66 - 3.50 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-13700K
16C / 24T · 3.40 - 5.40 GHz

★★★★★