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Intel Core i5-14600KF vs Apple M2 (8-GPU)

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 %

Intel Core i5-14600KF

Rank 2 - 90 %

Apple M2 (8-GPU)

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-14600KF

Rank 2 - 45 %

Apple M2 (8-GPU)

Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread
Single-core performance

14C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

489 pts

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

470 pts

Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

14C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

5,367 pts

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

2,316 pts

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

14C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

124 pts

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

120 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

14C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

1,388 pts

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

555 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

14C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

2,097 pts

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

1,592 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

14C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

24,683 pts

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

8,558 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

14C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

2,794

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

2,596

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

14C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

17,190

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

10,062

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

14C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

2,027

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

1,874

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

14C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

16,712

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

8,853

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

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-14600KF	Apple M2 (8-GPU)
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Apple M series (38)
CPU group	Intel Core i 14000 (34)	Apple M2 (8)
Architecture	Raptor Lake S Refresh	M2
Technology	10 nm	5 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 1700
Predecessor	Intel Core i5-13600KF	Apple M1
Successor		Apple M3 (8-GPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-14600KF	Apple M2 (8-GPU)
CPU Cores / Threads	14 / 20	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	6x Raptor Cove 3.50 - 5.30 GHz	4x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	8x Gracemont 2.60 - 4.00 GHz	4x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz
L2-Cache	20.00 MB	20.00 MB
L3-Cache	24.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-14600KF	Apple M2 (8-GPU)
GPU name	no iGPU	Apple M2 (8 Core)
GPU frequency		0.45 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	128 / 1024
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		2
Max. GPU Memory		24 GB
Technology		5 nm
Release date		Q2/2022

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-14600KF	Apple M2 (8-GPU)
AI hardware		Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications		16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-14600KF	Apple M2 (8-GPU)
Memory	DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	192 GB	24 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	5.0 x 20	4.0
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-14600KF	Apple M2 (8-GPU)
TDP	125 W	20 W
TDP (PL2)	181 W
TDP up		25 W
TDP down		10 W
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-14600KF	Apple M2 (8-GPU)
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	macOS, iPadOS
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	Armv8.5-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+	Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release date	Q4/2023	Q2/2022
Release price	294 $
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 Intel Core i5-14600KF is 4.6 stars (124 ratings), while Apple M2 (8-GPU) has received 4.6 stars (111 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i5-14600KF
14C / 20T · 3.50 - 5.30 GHz

★★★★★

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

★★★★★