Apple M2 Max vs Intel Core i7 1185G7

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Apple M2 Max Intel Core i7 1185G7

We compared two laptop CPUs: Apple M2 Max with 12 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i7 1185G7 with 4 cores 1.2GHz . 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 2 years and 4 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-6400 vs LPDDR4x-4267)

Larger memory bandwidth (409.6GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Intel Core i7 1185G7's Advantages

Lower TDP (12W vs 30W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M2 Max +11%

1632

Intel Core i7 1185G7

1467

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +158%

14878

Intel Core i7 1185G7

5759

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 Max +37%

2696

Intel Core i7 1185G7

1960

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +144%

14905

Intel Core i7 1185G7

6100

Blender

Apple M2 Max +251%

260

Intel Core i7 1185G7

74

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M2 Max +36%

2004

Intel Core i7 1185G7

1473

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +192%

15030

Intel Core i7 1185G7

5147

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M2 Max +46%

4149

Intel Core i7 1185G7

2839

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M2 Max +148%

26232

Intel Core i7 1185G7

10568

Apple M2 Max

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Intel Core i7 1185G7

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Sep 2020

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Tiger Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-1185G7

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1449

Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core)

Integrated Graphics

Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU

Package

67 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

BGA-1449

30 W

Power Consumption

12-28 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

4

8

Performance Core Threads

8

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.2-3.0 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.8 GHz

4

Efficiency Cores

-

4

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

12

Total Core Count

4

12

Total Thread Count

8

-

Bus Frequency

100MHz

35x

Multiplier

12-30x

192K per core

L1 Cache

96K per core

32MB shared

L2 Cache

1280K per core

-

L3 Cache

12MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-3200, LPDDR4x-4267

96GB

Max Memory Size

64GB

8

Max Memory Channels

2

409.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

51.2 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

True

Integrated Graphics

True

450 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

1398 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1350 MHz

4864

Shader Units

768

304

Texture Units

48

152

Raster Operation Units

24

608

Execution Units

96

70 W

Power Consumption

15 W

7680x4320 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

13.6 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

1.69 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i7 1185G7

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

-

PCIe Lanes

16

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