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Apple M2 Max (38-GPU) vs Intel Core i7-14700

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 90 %

Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-14700

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 63 %

Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-14700

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

121 pts

20C / 28T · 5.40 GHz

124 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

1,025 pts

20C / 28T · 5.40 GHz

1,712 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

1,695 pts

20C / 28T · 5.40 GHz

2,109 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

14,855 pts

20C / 28T · 5.30 GHz

33,441 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

2,689

20C / 28T · 5.40 GHz

2,829

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

14,207

20C / 28T · 5.30 GHz

18,873

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

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

1,874

20C / 28T · 5.40 GHz

2,113

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

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

15,506

20C / 28T · 5.30 GHz

19,394

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M2 Max (38 Core)

13,490

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

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 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 i7-14700
Family	Apple M series (38)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Apple M2 (8)	Intel Core i 14000 (34)
Architecture	M2	Raptor Lake S Refresh
Technology	5 nm	10 nm
Segment	Notebook	Desktop
Socket		LGA 1700
Predecessor	Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)	Intel Core i7-13700
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)	Intel Core i7-14700
CPU Cores / Threads	12 / 12	20 / 28
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	8x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz	8x Raptor Cove 2.10 - 5.40 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz	12x Gracemont 1.50 - 4.20 GHz
L2-Cache	36.00 MB	28.00 MB
L3-Cache		33.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)	Intel Core i7-14700
GPU name	Apple M2 Max (38 Core)	Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU frequency	0.45 - 1.40 GHz	0.30 - 1.60 GHz
CUs / Shader	608 / 4864	32 / 256
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	5	3
Max. GPU Memory	96 GB	64 GB
Technology	5 nm	10 nm
Release date	Q1/2023	Q4/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)	Intel Core i7-14700
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 i7-14700
Memory	LPDDR5-6400 (409.6 GB/s)	DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	96 GB	192 GB
Memory channels	4	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	4.0 x 32	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	63.0 GB/s	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)	Intel Core i7-14700
TDP	40 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)		219 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)	Intel Core i7-14700
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	Q1/2024
Release price		384 $
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 (89 ratings), while Intel Core i7-14700 has received 4.3 stars (99 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 i7-14700
20C / 28T · 2.10 - 5.40 GHz

★★★★★