Apple M2 Ultra vs Intel Core i9 10900F

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We compared the desktop Apple M2 Ultra with 24 cores 3.5GHz and the Intel Core i9 10900F with 10 cores 2.8GHz . 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 3 years late

Integrated graphics card

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 2.8GHz)

Lower TDP (60W vs 65W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra +29%

1741

Intel Core i9 10900F

1341

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra +173%

29150

Intel Core i9 10900F

10677

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra +57%

2790

Intel Core i9 10900F

1774

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra +121%

21217

Intel Core i9 10900F

9566

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra +47%

1956

Intel Core i9 10900F

1322

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra +174%

27945

Intel Core i9 10900F

10172

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra +35%

4137

Intel Core i9 10900F

3055

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra +138%

48776

Intel Core i9 10900F

20453

Apple M2 Ultra

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Intel Core i9 10900F

General Parameters

May 2023

Release Date

May 2020

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Desktop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Comet Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-10900F

Apple M-Socket

Socket

LGA-1200

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-1200

60 W

Power Consumption

65 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

10

16

Performance Core Threads

20

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.2 GHz

8

Efficiency Cores

-

8

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

24

Total Core Count

10

24

Total Thread Count

20

-

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

28x

192 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

64 MB shared

L2 Cache

256 K per core

-

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

192 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

16

Max Memory Channels

2

800 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

45.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i9 10900F

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

-

PCIe Lanes

16

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