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Intel Core Ultra 7 265 vs Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)

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 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 7 265

Rank 2 - 84 %

Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 7 265

Rank 2 - 63 %

Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

136 pts

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

121 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

1,409 pts

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

1,025 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

2,202 pts

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

1,695 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

20C / 20T · 5.10 GHz

25,459 pts

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

14,855 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz

3,115

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

2,689

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

20C / 20T · 5.10 GHz

20,735

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

14,207

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Arrow Lake)

1,940

Apple M2 Max (30 Core)

10,650

AI performance (NPU)

20C / 20T · 2.40 GHz

13.0 TOPS

12C / 12T · 0.66 GHz

15.8 TOPS

More benchmarks

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

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 7 265	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
Family	Intel Core Ultra 7 (31)	Apple M series (38)
CPU group	Intel Core Ultra 200 AL-S (20)	Apple M2 (8)
Architecture	Arrow Lake	M2
Technology	3 nm	5 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 1851
Predecessor		Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
Successor		Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 7 265	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
CPU Cores / Threads	20 / 20	12 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	8x Lion Cove 2.40 - 5.30 GHz	8x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	12x Skymont 1.80 - 4.60 GHz	4x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz
L2-Cache	36.00 MB	36.00 MB
L3-Cache	33.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 7 265	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
GPU name	Intel Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Arrow Lake)	Apple M2 Max (30 Core)
GPU frequency	0.30 - 1.95 GHz	0.45 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader	4 / 512	480 / 3840
Raytracing	✓	✗
Max. displays	3	5
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB	96 GB
Technology	5 nm	5 nm
Release date	Q3/2024	Q1/2023

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 7 265	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
AI hardware	Intel® AI Boost	Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications	Intel AI Boost NPU 4 @ 13 TOPS	16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU	37 TOPS

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 7 265	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
Memory	DDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)	LPDDR5-6400 (409.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	256 GB	96 GB
Memory channels	2	4
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	5.0 x 20	4.0 x 32
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s	63.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 7 265	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
TDP	65 W	45 W
TDP (PL2)	182 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	105 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core Ultra 7 265	Apple M2 Max (30-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	Q1/2025	Q1/2023
Release price	384 $
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 7 265 is 2.9 stars (108 ratings), while Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) has received 4.6 stars (58 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core Ultra 7 265
20C / 20T · 2.40 - 5.30 GHz

★★★★★

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

★★★★★