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Apple M2 Max (38-GPU) vs Intel Core i7-12700H

Last updated: 2026-07-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)

Rank 2 - 89 %

Intel Core i7-12700H

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)

Rank 2 - 91 %

Intel Core i7-12700H

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

121 pts

14C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

95 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

1,025 pts

14C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

949 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

1,695 pts

14C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

1,806 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

14,855 pts

14C / 20T · 3.80 GHz

15,453 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

2,689

14C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

2,280

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

14,207

14C / 20T · 3.80 GHz

11,424

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

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

1,874

14C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

1,607

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

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

15,506

14C / 20T · 3.80 GHz

12,103

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M2 Max (38 Core)

13,490

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)

2,146

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

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)	Intel Core i7-12700H
Family	Apple M series (38)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Apple M2 (8)	Intel Core i 12000H (23)
Architecture	M2	Alder Lake H
Technology	5 nm	10 nm
Segment	Notebook	Notebook
Socket		BGA 1744
Predecessor	Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
Successor		Intel Core i7-13700H

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)	Intel Core i7-12700H
CPU Cores / Threads	12 / 12	14 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	8x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz	6x Golden Cove 2.30 - 4.70 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz	8x Gracemont 1.70 - 3.50 GHz
L2-Cache	36.00 MB	11.50 MB
L3-Cache		24.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)	Intel Core i7-12700H
GPU name	Apple M2 Max (38 Core)	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)
GPU frequency	0.45 - 1.40 GHz	0.40 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader	608 / 4864	96 / 768
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	5	4
Max. GPU Memory	96 GB	32 GB
Technology	5 nm	10 nm
Release date	Q1/2023	Q1/2022

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)	Intel Core i7-12700H
AI hardware	Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications	16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)	Intel Core i7-12700H
Memory	LPDDR5-6400 (409.6 GB/s)	LPDDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s) DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	96 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	4	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	4.0 x 32	4.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	63.0 GB/s	39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)	Intel Core i7-12700H
TDP	40 W	45 W
TDP (PL2)		115 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)	Intel Core i7-12700H
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	Q1/2023	Q1/2022
Release price		457 $
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 Max (38-GPU) is 4.8 stars (92 ratings), while Intel Core i7-12700H has received 4.2 stars (189 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)
12C / 12T · 0.66 - 3.50 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-12700H
14C / 20T · 2.30 - 4.70 GHz

★★★★★