Apple M2 Ultra vs Intel Core i7 6850K

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Apple M2 Ultra Intel Core i7 6850K

We compared the desktop Apple M2 Ultra with 24 cores 3.5GHz and the Intel Core i7 6850K with 6 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 Ultra 's Advantages

Released 7 years late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-6400 vs DDR4-2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (800GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Lower TDP (60W vs 140W)

Intel Core i7 6850K 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.5GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra +76%

1744

Intel Core i7 6850K

988

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra +298%

29227

Intel Core i7 6850K

7337

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra +182%

2790

Intel Core i7 6850K

986

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra +447%

21217

Intel Core i7 6850K

3877

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra +97%

1956

Intel Core i7 6850K

988

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra +375%

27945

Intel Core i7 6850K

5881

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra +71%

4137

Intel Core i7 6850K

2409

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra +328%

48776

Intel Core i7 6850K

11382

Apple M2 Ultra

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Intel Core i7 6850K

General Parameters

May 2023

Release Date

May 2016

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Desktop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Broadwell E

-

Processor Number

i7-6850K

Apple M-Socket

Socket

LGA-2011-3

Apple M2 Max GPU (76-core)

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

134 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

LGA-2011-3

60 W

Power Consumption

140 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

6

16

Performance Core Threads

12

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

8

Efficiency Cores

-

8

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

24

Total Core Count

6

24

Total Thread Count

12

35x

Multiplier

36x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

32 K per core

64 MB shared

L2 Cache

256 K per core

-

L3 Cache

15 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-2133

192 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

16

Max Memory Channels

4

800 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i7 6850K

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

40

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