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Intel Core i7 1165G7 vs Apple M2

39 out of 100
Intel Core i7 1165G7
VS
57 out of 100
Apple M2
Intel Core i7 1165G7
Apple M2

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.2-2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 1165G7 with 4-cores against the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between M2 and 1165G7
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1165G7
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
Advantages of Apple M2
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • More powerful Apple M2 GPU integrated graphics: 2.9 vs 2 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 1 year and 9 months later
  • 28% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2589 vs 2027 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 1165G7
vs
Apple M2

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core i7 1165G7
75
Apple M2 +67%
125
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i7 1165G7
210
Apple M2 +177%
582
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 588 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 911 -
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i7 1165G7
2027
Apple M2 +28%
2589
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 1165G7
5457
Apple M2 +85%
10122
File compression 423.3 MB/sec 1130 MB/sec
Clang compilation 39.7 Klines/sec 80.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 100.5 pages/sec 235.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 166.4 Mpixels/sec 266.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 199.9 pages/sec 257.4 pages/sec
Background blur 27.4 images/sec 42.1 images/sec
Photo processing 42.5 images/sec 107 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.05 Mpixels/sec 10.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 557 & 465 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 1165G7
2718
Apple M2 +43%
3883
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 1165G7
9757
Apple M2 +60%
15651
Integer math 32.8 GOps/sec 37 GOps/sec
Floating point math 19.5 GOps/sec 37.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 45M Primes/sec 174M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 12.5M Strings/sec 23.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 5.4 GBytes/sec 9.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 101.4 MBytes/sec 185.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 692 Frames/sec 1667 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.2B Matrices/sec 7.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 11101 & 4611 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 1165G7
60.7
Apple M2 +80%
109.19

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 7.5 PPW 32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 194.9 PPW 562.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 348.5 PPW 869.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.17 PPW 6.07 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i7 1165G7
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-21 (Kroducer)Cinebench 2026588 / 911
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-12 (Andy)Geekbench 6 CPU1718 / 3599
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-07 (Yusuf Eren Γ‡)Cinebench 202475 / 210
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-29 (MA)Cinebench 202452 / 130
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Apple M2
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-14 (T)Geekbench 6 CPU2647 / 10245
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-05 (AR)Geekbench 6 CPU2655 / 10211
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Shivam)Geekbench 6 CPU2619 / 9900
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1165G7 and Apple M2

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released September 2, 2020 June 6, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Tiger Lake Apple M2
Model number i7-1165G7 -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Apple M2 GPU
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5700U -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265U - Apple M5 (10-Core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (P) 1.2-2.8 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 2.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 8
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 12-28x -
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 20 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-28 W (configurable) 18 W
Socket BGA-1449 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C -

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Apple M2 GPU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 1398 MHz
Shading Units 768 1024
TMUs 48 64
ROPs 24 32
Execution Units 96 128
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 1165G7
2 TFLOPS
Apple M2 +45%
2.9 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M2 GPU (8-core) compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 24 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 102.4 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 1165G7 official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 -

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