Apple M2 Max vs Intel Core i9 7900X

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Apple M2 Max Intel Core i9 7900X

We compared the laptop Apple M2 Max with 12 cores 3.5GHz and the desktop Intel Core i9 7900X with 10 cores 3.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 Max's Advantages

Released 5 years and 8 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-6400 vs DDR4-2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 79.47GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Lower TDP (30W vs 140W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M2 Max +34%

1632

Intel Core i9 7900X

1210

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +25%

14878

Intel Core i9 7900X

11851

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 Max +103%

2696

Intel Core i9 7900X

1323

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +74%

14905

Intel Core i9 7900X

8536

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M2 Max +77%

2004

Intel Core i9 7900X

1127

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +47%

15030

Intel Core i9 7900X

10189

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M2 Max +62%

4149

Intel Core i9 7900X

2556

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +24%

26232

Intel Core i9 7900X

20991

Apple M2 Max

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Intel Core i9 7900X

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

May 2017

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Desktop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i9-7900X

Apple M-Socket

Socket

LGA-2066

Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core)

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

67 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

LGA-2066

30 W

Power Consumption

140 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

10

8

Performance Core Threads

20

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.3 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

12

Total Core Count

10

12

Total Thread Count

20

-

Bus Frequency

100MHz

35x

Multiplier

33x

192K per core

L1 Cache

64K per core

32MB shared

L2 Cache

1MB per core

-

L3 Cache

14MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

96GB

Max Memory Size

128GB

8

Max Memory Channels

4

409.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

79.47 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

True

Integrated Graphics

-

450 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1398 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

4864

Shader Units

-

304

Texture Units

-

152

Raster Operation Units

-

608

Execution Units

-

70 W

Power Consumption

-

7680x4320 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

13.6 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i9 7900X

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

44

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512

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