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Intel Core i7 12700H vs Apple M2 Max

54 out of 100
Intel Core i7 12700H
VS
67 out of 100
Apple M2 Max
Intel Core i7 12700H
Apple M2 Max

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 12700H with 14-cores against the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 Max with 12-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 Max and 12700H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12700H
  • Has 2 more physical cores
Advantages of Apple M2 Max
  • More powerful Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) integrated graphics: 13.6 vs 2.2 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-6400 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • 15% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2695 vs 2353 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 12700H
vs
M2 Max

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core i7 12700H
103
M2 Max +18%
122
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i7 12700H +3%
1055
M2 Max
1022
Cinebench Scores (142nd and 148th 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)
Core i7 12700H
2353
M2 Max +15%
2695
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 12700H
11165
M2 Max +33%
14891
File compression 907 MB/sec 1690 MB/sec
Clang compilation 83.6 Klines/sec 131.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.3 pages/sec 368.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 350.7 Mpixels/sec 382.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 236.4 pages/sec 272.7 pages/sec
Background blur 44.8 images/sec 54.1 images/sec
Photo processing 95.7 images/sec 149.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 18 Mpixels/sec 17 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 901 & 693 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 12700H
3482
M2 Max +19%
4136
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 12700H
24970
M2 Max +8%
26843
Integer math 87.9 GOps/sec 57.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 63.4 GOps/sec 73.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 91M Primes/sec 359M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.7M Strings/sec 41.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 17.1 GBytes/sec 15.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 292.8 MBytes/sec 335.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 1476 Frames/sec 3849 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 17.4B Matrices/sec 14.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 12064 & 1034 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 12700H
197.87
M2 Max +28%
253.11

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 23.4 PPW 20.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 248.1 PPW 297.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 554.9 PPW 536.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.4 PPW 5.06 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 M2 Max
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 12700H and Apple M2 Max

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released January 4, 2022 January 17, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Alder Lake Apple M2
Model number i7-12700H -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H - Apple M5 Max (40-сore GPU)
Intel CPU rating (#125th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 4
E-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.7 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 12
Total Threads 20 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 23x 35x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 32MB (shared)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 67 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 50 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket BGA-1744 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (162nd and 69th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 1398 MHz
Shading Units 768 4864
TMUs 48 304
ROPs 24 152
Execution Units 96 608
TGP 15 W 70 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 12700H
2.2 TFLOPS
M2 Max +518%
13.6 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 4
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 409.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

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

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