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Intel Core Ultra 7 258V vs Apple M2 (8-GPU)

Last updated: 2026-06-03

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 Ultra 7 258V

Rank 2 - 94 %

Apple M2 (8-GPU)

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

Rank 2 - 90 %

Apple M2 (8-GPU)

Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.80 GHz

459 pts

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

470 pts

Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.80 GHz

2,236 pts

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

2,316 pts

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.80 GHz

120 pts

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

120 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.80 GHz

610 pts

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

555 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.80 GHz

1,866 pts

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

1,592 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz

9,120 pts

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

8,558 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.80 GHz

2,658

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

2,596

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz

10,506

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

10,062

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Arc 140V

6,240

Apple M2 (8 Core)

2,840

AI performance (NPU)

8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz

47.0 TOPS

8C / 8T · 0.66 GHz

15.8 TOPS

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 Ultra 7 258V	Apple M2 (8-GPU)
Family	Intel Core Ultra 7 (31)	Apple M series (38)
CPU group	Intel Core Ultra 200V (9)	Apple M2 (8)
Architecture	Lunar Lake	M2
Technology	3 nm	5 nm
Segment	Notebook	Notebook
Socket	BGA 2833
Predecessor		Apple M1
Successor		Apple M3 (8-GPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 7 258V	Apple M2 (8-GPU)
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	4x Lion Cove 2.20 - 4.80 GHz	4x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Skymont 0 - 3.70 GHz	4x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz
L2-Cache	14.00 MB	20.00 MB
L3-Cache	12.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 7 258V	Apple M2 (8-GPU)
GPU name	Intel Arc 140V	Apple M2 (8 Core)
GPU frequency	0.60 - 1.95 GHz	0.45 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader	64 / 1024	128 / 1024
Raytracing	✓	✗
Max. displays	3	2
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB	24 GB
Technology	5 nm	5 nm
Release date	Q3/2024	Q2/2022

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 7 258V	Apple M2 (8-GPU)
AI hardware	Intel® AI Boost	Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications	Intel AI Boost NPU 4 @ 47 TOPS	16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 7 258V	Apple M2 (8-GPU)
Memory	LPDDR5X-8533 (136.5 GB/s)	LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	24 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	5.0 x 8	4.0
PCIe Bandwidth	31.5 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 7 258V	Apple M2 (8-GPU)
TDP	17 W	20 W
TDP (PL2)	37 W
TDP up		25 W
TDP down		10 W
T. junction max.	110 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 7 258V	Apple M2 (8-GPU)
Chip design	Monolithic	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	Q3/2024	Q2/2022
Release price
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 Ultra 7 258V is 3.3 stars (353 ratings), while Apple M2 (8-GPU) has received 4.6 stars (108 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
8C / 8T · 2.20 - 4.80 GHz

★★★★★

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

★★★★★