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Intel Core i7 11800H vs Apple M2

44 out of 100
Intel Core i7 11800H
VS
57 out of 100
Apple M2
Intel Core i7 11800H
Apple M2

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 1.9-2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 11800H against the 3.5 GHz Apple M2. 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 (1)

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 11800H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 11800H
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
Advantages of Apple M2
  • More powerful Apple M2 GPU integrated graphics: 2.9 vs 0.7 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Around 51.2 GB/s (100%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 32% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2589 vs 1962 points
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 11800H
vs
Apple M2

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core i7 11800H
85
Apple M2 +47%
125
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i7 11800H
521
Apple M2 +12%
582
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 392 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 1974 -
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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 11800H
1962
Apple M2 +32%
2589
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 11800H
8986
Apple M2 +13%
10122
File compression 765.8 MB/sec 1130 MB/sec
Clang compilation 64.3 Klines/sec 80.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 189.5 pages/sec 235.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 281.6 Mpixels/sec 266.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 186.6 pages/sec 257.4 pages/sec
Background blur 37.7 images/sec 42.1 images/sec
Photo processing 78.7 images/sec 107 images/sec
Ray tracing 15.3 Mpixels/sec 10.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 699 & 465 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 11800H
3007
Apple M2 +29%
3883
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 11800H +25%
19594
Apple M2
15651
Integer math 70.2 GOps/sec 37 GOps/sec
Floating point math 41.7 GOps/sec 37.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 83M Primes/sec 174M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 28M Strings/sec 23.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12 GBytes/sec 9.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 233.7 MBytes/sec 185.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 919 Frames/sec 1667 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.7B Matrices/sec 7.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 12773 & 4611 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 11800H +42%
154.87
Apple M2
109.19

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.6 PPW 32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 199.7 PPW 562.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 435.4 PPW 869.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.44 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 11800H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (peppew517)Cinebench 202487 / 667
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (peppew517)Cinebench 20260 / 0
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-25 (peppew517)Geekbench 6 CPU2193 / 10451
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-15 (MSI)Cinebench 2026392 / 1974
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (SMS)Geekbench 6 CPU2006 / 9389
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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 11800H and Apple M2

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released May 11, 2021 June 6, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Tiger Lake Apple M2
Model number i7-11800H -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU) Apple M2 GPU
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5800H -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H - Apple M5 (10-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#194th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 4
P-Threads 16 4
Base Frequency (P) 1.9-2.3 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 2.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 16 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 19-23x -
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 20 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 18 W
Socket BGA-1787 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C -

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU) Apple M2 GPU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1450 MHz 1398 MHz
Shading Units 256 1024
TMUs 16 64
ROPs 8 32
Execution Units 32 128
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 11800H
0.7 TFLOPS
Apple M2 +314%
2.9 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M2 GPU (8-core) compared to UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 24 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s 102.4 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 11800H official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 -

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M2 or Intel Core i7 11800H?
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Lindsay McEwen August 8, 2023 at 02:16 AM
I will choose the Apple M2 because I am happy with the performance of it. 🀣🀣🀣
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