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Intel Core i7-12700H vs Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)

Last updated: 2026-06-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 89 %

Intel Core i7-12700H

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 91 %

Intel Core i7-12700H

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

14C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

95 pts

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

121 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

14C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

949 pts

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

1,025 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

14C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

1,806 pts

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

1,695 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

14C / 20T · 3.80 GHz

15,453 pts

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

14,855 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

14C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

2,280

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

2,689

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

14C / 20T · 3.80 GHz

11,424

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

14,207

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

14C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

1,607

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

1,874

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

14C / 20T · 3.80 GHz

12,103

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

15,506

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)

2,146

Apple M2 Max (30 Core)

10,650

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	Intel Core i7-12700H	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Apple M series (38)
CPU group	Intel Core i 12000H (23)	Apple M2 (8)
Architecture	Alder Lake H	M2
Technology	10 nm	5 nm
Segment	Notebook	Notebook
Socket	BGA 1744
Predecessor		Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
Successor	Intel Core i7-13700H	Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700H	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
CPU Cores / Threads	14 / 20	12 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	6x Golden Cove 2.30 - 4.70 GHz	8x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	8x Gracemont 1.70 - 3.50 GHz	4x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz
L2-Cache	11.50 MB	36.00 MB
L3-Cache	24.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700H	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
GPU name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)	Apple M2 Max (30 Core)
GPU frequency	0.40 - 1.40 GHz	0.45 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader	96 / 768	480 / 3840
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	4	5
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB	96 GB
Technology	10 nm	5 nm
Release date	Q1/2022	Q1/2023

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700H	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
AI hardware		Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications		16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700H	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
Memory	LPDDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s) DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	LPDDR5-6400 (409.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	96 GB
Memory channels	2	4
ECC	No	No
PCIe	4.0 x 20	4.0 x 32
PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s	63.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700H	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
TDP	45 W	45 W
TDP (PL2)	115 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700H	Apple M2 Max (30-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	Q1/2022	Q1/2023
Release price	457 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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

★★★★★

Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
12C / 12T · 0.66 - 3.50 GHz

★★★★★