Apple M2 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 165U

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Apple M2 Intel Core Ultra 7 165U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 with 8 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core Ultra 7 165U with 12 cores 1.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2's Advantages

Better graphics card performance

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 1.7GHz)

Intel Core Ultra 7 165U's Advantages

Released 1 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-7467 vs LPDDR5-6400)

Larger memory bandwidth (120GB/s vs 102.4GB/s)

Lower TDP (12W vs 15W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M2

1701

Intel Core Ultra 7 165U

1706

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M2

8538

Intel Core Ultra 7 165U +18%

10122

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 +13%

2694

Intel Core Ultra 7 165U

2384

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 +3%

10130

Intel Core Ultra 7 165U

9763

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M2 +8%

3932

Intel Core Ultra 7 165U

3609

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M2

15485

Intel Core Ultra 7 165U +8%

16756

Apple M2

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Intel Core Ultra 7 165U

General Parameters

Jun 2022

Release Date

Dec 2023

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Meteor Lake

-

Processor Number

165U

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FCBGA-2049

Apple M2 GPU

Integrated Graphics

Arc Graphics (4-Cores)

-

Generation

Ultra 7 (Meteor Lake)

Package

20 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

FCBGA-2049

15 W

Power Consumption

12-57 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

110°C

-

Foundry

Intel

-

Package

FC-BGA

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

2

4

Performance Core Threads

4

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.7 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

10

4

Efficiency Core Threads

10

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

1.2 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

8

Total Core Count

12

8

Total Thread Count

14

-

Bus Frequency

100MHz

-

Multiplier

17x

192K per core

L1 Cache

112K per core

16MB shared

L2 Cache

2MB per core

-

L3 Cache

12MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

LPDDR5-7467, LPDDR5x-7467, DDR5-5600

24GB

Max Memory Size

96GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

102.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

120 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

True

Integrated Graphics

True

500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1398 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2000 MHz

1024

Shader Units

64

Texture Units

4

32

Raster Operation Units

2

128

Execution Units

4

15 W

Power Consumption

-

6016x3384 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

7680x4320 - 60 Hz

2.86 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

2.24 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core Ultra 7 165U

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

-

PCIe Lanes

20

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