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Intel Core i7 12650H vs Apple M2

50 out of 100
Intel Core i7 12650H
VS
57 out of 100
Apple M2
Intel Core i7 12650H
Apple M2

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 12650H with 10-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 12650H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12650H
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Has 2 more physical cores
Advantages of Apple M2
  • More powerful Apple M2 GPU integrated graphics: 2.9 vs 1.4 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 5 months later
  • 13% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2589 vs 2293 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 12650H
vs
Apple M2

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core i7 12650H
104
Apple M2 +20%
125
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i7 12650H +24%
722
Apple M2
582
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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 12650H
2293
Apple M2 +13%
2589
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 12650H +3%
10434
Apple M2
10122
File compression 786 MB/sec 1130 MB/sec
Clang compilation 76 Klines/sec 80.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 237.9 pages/sec 235.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 302.7 Mpixels/sec 266.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 234.7 pages/sec 257.4 pages/sec
Background blur 47.2 images/sec 42.1 images/sec
Photo processing 88.5 images/sec 107 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.3 Mpixels/sec 10.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1022 & 465 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 12650H
3474
Apple M2 +12%
3883
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 12650H +36%
21281
Apple M2
15651
Integer math 71.9 GOps/sec 37 GOps/sec
Floating point math 53.5 GOps/sec 37.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 88M Primes/sec 174M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 26M Strings/sec 23.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.6 GBytes/sec 9.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 241.9 MBytes/sec 185.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1374 Frames/sec 1667 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15B Matrices/sec 7.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4012 & 4611 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 12650H +45%
158.32
Apple M2
109.19

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16 PPW 32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 231.9 PPW 562.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 472.9 PPW 869.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.52 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 12650H
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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 12650H and Apple M2

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released January 4, 2022 June 6, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Alder Lake Apple M2
Model number i7-12650H -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (64EU) Apple M2 GPU
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H -
Successor - - Apple M5 (10-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#156th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 4
E-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.7 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 8
Total Threads 16 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 23x -
L1 Cache 80K (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
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket BGA-1744 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C -

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) Apple M2 GPU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 1398 MHz
Shading Units 512 1024
TMUs 32 64
ROPs 16 32
Execution Units 64 128
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 12650H
1.4 TFLOPS
Apple M2 +107%
2.9 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M2 GPU (8-core) compared to UHD Graphics (64 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- 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 12650H official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 -

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