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Intel Core i7 12700H vs Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)

54 out of 100
Intel Core i7 12700H
VS
66 out of 100
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
Intel Core i7 12700H
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 12700H with 14-cores against the 2 GHz Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) with 6-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 (MacBook) and 12700H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12700H
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • 16% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.05 GHz)
Advantages of Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 2 years and 8 months later
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • 54% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3615 vs 2353 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 12700H
vs
A18 Pro (MacBook)

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#142nd place)
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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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 907 MB/sec 1050 MB/sec
Clang compilation 83.6 Klines/sec 58.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.3 pages/sec 201.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 350.7 Mpixels/sec 214.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 236.4 pages/sec 318.8 pages/sec
Background blur 44.8 images/sec 41 images/sec
Photo processing 95.7 images/sec 91.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 18 Mpixels/sec 9.18 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 901 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 87.9 GOps/sec 37.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 63.4 GOps/sec 25.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 91M Primes/sec 132M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.7M Strings/sec 17.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 17.1 GBytes/sec 8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 292.8 MBytes/sec 133.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 1476 Frames/sec 1380 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 17.4B Matrices/sec 6.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 12064 & 962 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 12700H +179%
197.87
A18 Pro (MacBook)
71.04

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 23.4 PPW 70.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 248.1 PPW 922.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 554.9 PPW 1281.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.4 PPW 7.1 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 12700H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 (Mark)Geekbench 7 CPU1884 / 8871
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 (Mark)Cinebench 2026460 / 1351
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-30 -> YowthCinebench 2024105 / 541
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-27 (Fapvie)Cinebench 2024102 / 961
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-27 (sizar)Cinebench 2024100 / 750
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Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-03 -> RennsportGeekbench 7 CPU3006 / 7807
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 -> RennsportGeekbench 6 CPU3505 / 8840
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-24 -> RennsportGeekbench 6 CPU3505 / 8840
Add View all (3)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 12700H and Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released January 4, 2022 September 9, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Alder Lake Apple M4
Model number i7-12700H APL1V07
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Apple A18 Pro GPU
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H -
Intel CPU rating (#125th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 2
P-Threads 12 2
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.05 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 4
E-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.7 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz 2.42 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 6
Total Threads 20 6
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 23x 40x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 10 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket BGA-1744 Custom
Peak Temperature 100Β°C -
Laptop processors ranking (162nd and 70th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Apple A18 Pro GPU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 1490 MHz
Shading Units 768 768
TMUs 48 40
ROPs 24 -
Execution Units 96 128
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 12700H
2.2 TFLOPS
A18 Pro (MacBook) +5%
2.3 TFLOPS
More info: Apple A18 Pro GPU compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - LPDDR5x-7500
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 8 GB
Memory Channels 2 4
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 60 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 12700H official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 -
PCI Express Lanes 28 -

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) or Intel Core i7 12700H?
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