Apple M2 Ultra vs Intel Core i9 14900

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Apple M2 Ultra Intel Core i9 14900

We compared the laptop Apple M2 Ultra with 24 cores 3.5GHz and the desktop Intel Core i9 14900 with 24 cores 2.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 Ultra's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-6400 vs DDR5-5600)

Larger memory bandwidth (800GB/s vs 89.6GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.0GHz)

Lower TDP (60W vs 65W)

Intel Core i9 14900's Advantages

Released 8 months late

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra

1744

Intel Core i9 14900 +29%

2262

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra

29227

Intel Core i9 14900 +24%

36301

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra

2790

Intel Core i9 14900 +6%

2958

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra +7%

21217

Intel Core i9 14900

19826

Passmark CPU Single Core

Apple M2 Ultra

4137

Intel Core i9 14900 +12%

4660

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Apple M2 Ultra

48776

Intel Core i9 14900 +2%

50020

Apple M2 Ultra

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Intel Core i9 14900

General Parameters

May 2023

Release Date

Jan 2024

Apple

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Desktop

ARMv8

Instruction Set

x86-64

Apple M2

Core Architecture

Raptor Lake Refresh

-

Processor Number

i9-14900

Apple M-Socket

Socket

LGA-1700

Apple M2 Max GPU (76-core)

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Package

134 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

Apple M-Socket

Socket

LGA-1700

60 W

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

219W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

8

16

Performance Core Threads

16

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.0 GHz

-

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.8 GHz

8

Efficiency Cores

16

8

Efficiency Core Threads

16

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

1.5 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

4.3 GHz

24

Total Core Count

24

Total Thread Count

32

-

Bus Frequency

100MHz

35x

Multiplier

20x

192K per core

L1 Cache

80K per core

64MB shared

L2 Cache

2MB per core

-

L3 Cache

36MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200

192GB

Max Memory Size

192GB

16

Max Memory Channels

2

800 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

89.6 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

True

Integrated Graphics

True

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1650 MHz

-

Shader Units

256

-

Texture Units

16

-

Raster Operation Units

8

-

Execution Units

32

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

0.78 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i9 14900

4.0

PCIe Version

5.0

-

PCIe Lanes

20

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