Apple M2 Ultra vs Intel Core i7 9700KF

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We compared the desktop Apple M2 Ultra with 24 cores 3.5GHz and the Intel Core i7 9700KF with 8 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 4 years and 4 months late

Integrated graphics card

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

Larger memory bandwidth (800GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Lower TDP (60W vs 95W)

Intel Core i7 9700KF 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.5GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra +41%

1741

Intel Core i7 9700KF

1234

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra +220%

29150

Intel Core i7 9700KF

9090

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra +63%

2790

Intel Core i7 9700KF

1704

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra +173%

21217

Intel Core i7 9700KF

7751

Blender

Apple M2 Ultra +273%

512

Intel Core i7 9700KF

137

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra +53%

1956

Intel Core i7 9700KF

1272

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra +274%

27945

Intel Core i7 9700KF

7462

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra +43%

4137

Intel Core i7 9700KF

2877

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra +239%

48776

Intel Core i7 9700KF

14360

Apple M2 Ultra

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Intel Core i7 9700KF

General Parameters

May 2023

Release Date

Jan 2019

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Desktop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-9700KF

Apple M-Socket

Socket

LGA-1151

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-1151

60 W

Power Consumption

95 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

8

16

Performance Core Threads

8

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

8

Efficiency Cores

-

8

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

24

Total Core Count

8

24

Total Thread Count

8

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

36x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

64 MB shared

L2 Cache

256 K per core

-

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

192 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

16

Max Memory Channels

2

800 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i7 9700KF

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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