Intel Core i7 10870H vs Apple M2 Ultra

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We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i7 10870H with 8 cores 2.2GHz and Apple M2 Ultra with 24 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i7 10870H 's Advantages

Lower TDP (45W vs 60W)

Apple M2 Ultra 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-6400 vs DDR4-2933)

Larger memory bandwidth (800GB/s vs 45.8GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.2GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i7 10870H

1220

Apple M2 Ultra +42%

1741

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 10870H

9892

Apple M2 Ultra +194%

29150

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i7 10870H

1498

Apple M2 Ultra +86%

2790

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 10870H

5895

Apple M2 Ultra +259%

21217

Blender

Intel Core i7 10870H

138

Apple M2 Ultra +271%

512

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i7 10870H

1237

Apple M2 Ultra +58%

1956

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 10870H

7054

Apple M2 Ultra +296%

27945

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i7 10870H

2699

Apple M2 Ultra +53%

4137

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i7 10870H

14701

Apple M2 Ultra +231%

48776

Intel Core i7 10870H

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Apple M2 Ultra

General Parameters

Sep 2020

Release Date

May 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

Apple

Laptop

Type

Laptop

x86-64

Instruction Set

ARMv8

Comet Lake

Core Architecture

Apple M2

i7-10870H

Processor Number

-

BGA-1440

Socket

Apple M-Socket

UHD Graphics 630

Integrated Graphics

Apple M2 Max GPU (76-core)

Package

-

Transistor Count

134 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

BGA-1440

Socket

Apple M-Socket

45 W

Power Consumption

60 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

16

Performance Core Threads

16

2.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

-

Efficiency Cores

8

-

Efficiency Core Threads

8

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

8

Total Core Count

24

16

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

-

22x

Multiplier

35x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

192 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

64 MB shared

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

-

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

LPDDR5-6400

128 GB

Max Memory Size

192 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

16

45.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

800 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

350 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1200 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

192

Shader Units

-

24

Texture Units

-

3

Raster Operation Units

-

24

Execution Units

-

15 W

Power Consumption

-

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

0.38 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i7 10870H

Official Website

-

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

16

PCIe Lanes

-

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