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Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL vs Apple M2
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake)
Apple M2
100 %
Apple M2 (10 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 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 Ultra 7 165UL | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core Ultra 7 (31) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | Intel Core Ultra 100UL (5) | Apple M2 (8) |
| Architecture | Meteor Lake PS | M2 |
| Technology | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Notebook |
| Socket | LGA 1851 | |
| Predecessor | Apple M1 | |
| Successor | Apple M3 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 12 / 14 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Redwood Cove 1.70 - 4.90 GHz |
4x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 8x Crestmont 1.20 - 3.80 GHz |
4x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz |
| Core Cluster 3: | 2x Crestmont 0.70 - 2.10 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 12.00 MB | 20.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | ||
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake) | Apple M2 (10 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.60 - 2.00 GHz | 0.45 - 1.40 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 64 / 512 | 160 / 1280 |
| Raytracing | ✓ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 4 | 2 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 32 GB | 24 GB |
| Technology | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2023 | Q2/2022 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Intel® AI Boost | Apple Neural Engine |
| AI specifications | Intel AI Boost @ 1.4 GHz (OpenVINO, WindowsML, DirectML, ONNX RT) | 16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 96 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 x 20 | 4.0 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 39.4 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 15 W | 20 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 57 W | |
| TDP up | 28 W | 30 W |
| TDP down | 12 W | 10 W |
| T. junction max. | 105 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core Ultra 7 165UL | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | 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 | Q2/2024 | Q2/2022 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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