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Apple M2 (8-GPU) vs Intel Core i9-14900K

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 78 %
Apple M2 (8-GPU)
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i9-14900K
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 30 %
Apple M2 (8-GPU)
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i9-14900K
Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread

Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread
Single-core performance

Apple M2 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
470 pts
Intel Core i9-14900K
24C / 32T · 6.00 GHz
559 pts
Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core

Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M2 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
2,316 pts
Intel Core i9-14900K
24C / 32T · 6.00 GHz
9,758 pts
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple M2 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
120 pts
Intel Core i9-14900K
24C / 32T · 6.00 GHz
139 pts
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M2 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
555 pts
Intel Core i9-14900K
24C / 32T · 6.00 GHz
2,177 pts
Cinebench R23 Single-Core

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple M2 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
1,592 pts
Intel Core i9-14900K
24C / 32T · 6.00 GHz
2,358 pts
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M2 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
8,558 pts
Intel Core i9-14900K
24C / 32T · 5.70 GHz
38,712 pts
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple M2 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
2,596
Intel Core i9-14900K
24C / 32T · 6.00 GHz
3,289
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M2 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
10,062
Intel Core i9-14900K
24C / 32T · 5.70 GHz
23,051
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Apple M2 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
1,874
Intel Core i9-14900K
24C / 32T · 6.00 GHz
2,412
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Apple M2 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
8,853
Intel Core i9-14900K
24C / 32T · 5.70 GHz
26,972
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M2 (8-GPU)
Apple M2 (8 Core)
2,840
Intel Core i9-14900K
Intel UHD Graphics 770
846

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple M2 (8-GPU)Intel Core i9-14900K
FamilyApple M series (38)Intel Core i9 (81)
CPU groupApple M2 (8)Intel Core i 14000 (34)
ArchitectureM2Raptor Lake S Refresh
Technology5 nm10 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketLGA 1700
PredecessorApple M1Intel Core i9-13900K
SuccessorApple M3 (8-GPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple M2 (8-GPU)Intel Core i9-14900K
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 824 / 32
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 4x Avalanche
0.66 - 3.50 GHz
8x Raptor Cove
3.20 - 6.00 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Blizzard
0.60 - 2.42 GHz
16x Gracemont
2.40 - 4.40 GHz
L2-Cache20.00 MB32.00 MB
L3-Cache36.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple M2 (8-GPU)Intel Core i9-14900K
GPU nameApple M2 (8 Core)Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU frequency0.45 - 1.40 GHz0.30 - 1.65 GHz
CUs / Shader128 / 102432 / 256
Raytracing
Max. displays23
Max. GPU Memory24 GB64 GB
Technology5 nm10 nm
Release dateQ2/2022Q4/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple M2 (8-GPU)Intel Core i9-14900K
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple M2 (8-GPU)Intel Core i9-14900K
MemoryLPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory24 GB192 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe4.05.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple M2 (8-GPU)Intel Core i9-14900K
TDP20 W125 W
TDP (PL2)253 W
TDP up25 W
TDP down10 W
T. junction max.100 °C100 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Apple M2 (8-GPU)Intel Core i9-14900K
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsmacOS, iPadOSWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setArmv8.5-A (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsRosetta 2 x86-EmulationSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release dateQ2/2022Q4/2023
Release price589 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Apple M2 (8-GPU)
Apple M2 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 0.66 - 3.50 GHz
Intel Core i9-14900K
Intel Core i9-14900K
24C / 32T · 3.20 - 6.00 GHz

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