Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) vs Intel Core i7-10850H

Last updated: 2024-04-16

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)		Intel Core i7-10850H
CPU comparison Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) or Intel Core i7-10850H - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) has 24 cores with 24 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. Up to 192 GB of memory is supported in 8 memory channels. The Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) was released in Q2/2023. The Intel Core i7-10850H has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-10850H was released in Q2/2020.

Apple M series (25)	Family	Intel Core i7 (298)
Apple M2 (8)	CPU group	Intel Core i 10000H (11)
2	Generation	10
M2	Architecture	Comet Lake H
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)	Predecessor	Intel Core i7-9850H
--	Successor	Intel Core i7-11850H

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) has 24 CPU cores and can calculate 24 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) is 0.66 GHz (3.50 GHz) while the Intel Core i7-10850H has 6 CPU cores and 12 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-10850H is at 2.70 GHz (5.10 GHz).
Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-10850H
24	Cores	6
24	Threads	12
hybrid (big.LITTLE)	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
0.66 GHz (3.50 GHz) 16x Avalanche	A-Core	2.70 GHz (5.10 GHz)
0.60 GHz (2.42 GHz) 8x Blizzard	B-Core	--
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-10850H
Apple Neural Engine	AI hardware	--
32 Neural cores @ 31.6 TOPS	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) or Intel Core i7-10850H has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
Apple M2 Ultra (60 Core)	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 630
0.45 GHz	GPU frequency	0.35 GHz
1.40 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	1.15 GHz
2	GPU Generation	9.5
5 nm	Technology	14 nm
8	Max. displays	3
960	Compute units	24
7680	Shader	192
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
192 GB	Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
--	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
Apple M2 Ultra (60 Core)	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 630
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) can use up to 192 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 819.1 GB/s. The Intel Core i7-10850H supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 46.9 GB/s.
Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-10850H
LPDDR5-6400	Memory	DDR4-2933
192 GB	Max. Memory	128 GB
8 (Octa Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
819.1 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	46.9 GB/s
No	ECC	No
72.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
--	L3 Cache	12.00 MB
4.0	PCIe version	3.0
64	PCIe lanes	16
126.0 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) is 80 W, while the Intel Core i7-10850H has a TDP of 45 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-10850H
80 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	45 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	35 W
100 °C	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) is manufactured in 5 nm and has 72.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i7-10850H is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 12.00 MB cache.
Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-10850H
5 nm	Technology	14 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Monolithic
Armv8.5-A (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
--	Socket	BGA 1440
Apple Virtualization Framework	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
macOS, iPadOS	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2023	Release date	Q2/2020
--	Release price	395 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) (100%)

Intel Core i7-10850H (65%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) (100%)

Intel Core i7-10850H (26%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) 24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz	1695 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-10850H 6C 12T @ 5.10 GHz	1196 (71%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) 24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz	28570 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-10850H 6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	7455 (26%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) 24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz	1940 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-10850H 6C 12T @ 5.10 GHz	1277 (66%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) 24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz	27860 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-10850H 6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	6251 (22%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) 24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz	2689 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-10850H 6C 12T @ 5.10 GHz	1571 (58%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) 24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz	21450 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-10850H 6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	6440 (30%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) Apple M2 Ultra (60 Core) @ 1.40 GHz	21300 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-10850H Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.15 GHz	442 (2%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) 24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz	48560 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-10850H 6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	12131 (25%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) 24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz	126 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-10850H 6C 12T @ 5.10 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) 24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz	1918 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-10850H 6C 12T @ 5.10 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) 24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-10850H 6C 12T @ 5.10 GHz	490 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) 24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-10850H 6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	2839 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) 24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-10850H 6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	119 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) 24C 24T @ 0.66 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-10850H 6C 12T @ 2.70 GHz	3225 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) 24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-10850H 6C 12T @ 5.10 GHz	210 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) 24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-10850H 6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	1265 (100%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.


	Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) 28,570 CB R23 MC @ 80 W	357 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-10850H 2.70 GHz	0 (0%)

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).


	Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) 24C 24T @ 0.66 GHz	31.6 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-10850H 6C 12T @ 2.70 GHz	0 (0%)

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