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Intel Core i7-3770S vs Apple M2 (8-GPU)
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i7-3770S
28 %
4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz
Apple M2 (8-GPU)
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i7-3770S
24 %
4C / 8T · 3.10 GHz
Apple M2 (8-GPU)
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i7-3770S
44 %
4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz
Apple M2 (8-GPU)
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i7-3770S
36 %
4C / 8T · 3.10 GHz
Apple M2 (8-GPU)
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Core i7-3770S
10 %
Intel HD Graphics 4000
Apple M2 (8-GPU)
100 %
Apple M2 (8 Core)
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries
190 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-3770S | Apple M2 (8-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i7 (300) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 3000 (31) | Apple M2 (8) |
| Architecture | Ivy Bridge S | M2 |
| Technology | 22 nm | 5 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Notebook |
| Socket | LGA 1155 | |
| Predecessor | Apple M1 | |
| Successor | Intel Core i7-4770S | Apple M3 (8-GPU) |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-3770S | Apple M2 (8-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 8 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x 3.10 - 3.90 GHz |
4x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 8.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✓ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-3770S | Apple M2 (8-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel HD Graphics 4000 | Apple M2 (8 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.65 - 1.15 GHz | 0.45 - 1.40 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 16 / 128 | 128 / 1024 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 2 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | 24 GB |
| Technology | 22 nm | 5 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2011 | Q2/2022 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-3770S | Apple M2 (8-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-3770S | Apple M2 (8-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 32 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 16 | 4.0 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 15.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-3770S | Apple M2 (8-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 65 W | 20 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 25 W | |
| TDP down | 10 W | |
| T. junction max. | 105 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-3770S | Apple M2 (8-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv8.5-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation |
| Release date | Q2/2012 | Q2/2022 |
| Release price | 294 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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