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Intel Core i7-8700K vs Apple M2

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 - 65 %

Intel Core i7-8700K

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M2

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 84 %

Intel Core i7-8700K

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M2

Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.70 GHz

302 pts

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

470 pts

Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.70 GHz

2,054 pts

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

2,316 pts

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.70 GHz

72 pts

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

120 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.70 GHz

467 pts

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

555 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.70 GHz

1,209 pts

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

1,592 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

8,960 pts

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

8,558 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.70 GHz

1,486

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

2,596

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

6,750

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

10,062

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

6C / 12T · 4.70 GHz

1,242

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

1,874

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

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

6,693

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

8,853

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel UHD Graphics 630

461

Apple M2 (10 Core)

3,550

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

232.4 s

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

277.0 s

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

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8700K	Apple M2
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Apple M series (38)
CPU group	Intel Core i 8000 (20)	Apple M2 (8)
Architecture	Coffee Lake S	M2
Technology	14 nm	5 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 1151-2
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-7700K	Apple M1
Successor	Intel Core i7-9700K	Apple M3

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8700K	Apple M2
CPU Cores / Threads	6 / 12	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	6x 3.70 - 4.70 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	12.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8700K	Apple M2
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 630	Apple M2 (10 Core)
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.20 GHz	0.45 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	160 / 1280
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	2
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB	24 GB
Technology	14 nm	5 nm
Release date	Q4/2017	Q2/2022

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8700K	Apple M2
AI hardware		Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications		16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8700K	Apple M2
Memory	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)	LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 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

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8700K	Apple M2
TDP	95 W	20 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up		30 W
TDP down		10 W
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8700K	Apple M2
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	Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release date	Q4/2017	Q2/2022
Release price	370 $
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 i7-8700K is 4.4 stars (105 ratings), while Apple M2 has received 4.4 stars (743 ratings).

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Intel Core i7-8700K
6C / 12T · 3.70 - 4.70 GHz

★★★★★

Apple M2
8C / 8T · 0.66 - 3.50 GHz

★★★★★