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Intel Core i7 12700H vs Apple M6 (12-Core)

54 out of 100
Intel Core i7 12700H
VS
86 out of 100
Apple M6 (12-Core)
Intel Core i7 12700H
Apple M6 (12-Core)

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 12700H with 14-cores against the 4.79 GHz Apple M6 (12-Core) 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 (12-Core) and 12700H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12700H
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Has 2 more physical cores
Advantages of Apple M6 (12-Core)
  • Newer - released 4 years and 8 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Apple M6 GPU (12-core) integrated graphics: 4.9 vs 2.2 TFLOPS
  • 2x faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4610 vs 2353 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 12700H
vs
M6 (12-Core)

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i7 12700H
1055
M6 (12-Core) +24%
1308
Cinebench Scores (142nd and 91st 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
M6 (12-Core) +96%
4610
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 12700H
11165
M6 (12-Core) +85%
20676
File compression 907 MB/sec -
Clang compilation 83.6 Klines/sec -
HTML 5 Browser 270.3 pages/sec -
PDF Renderer 350.7 Mpixels/sec -
Text processing 236.4 pages/sec -
Background blur 44.8 images/sec -
Photo processing 95.7 images/sec -
Ray tracing 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 -
Floating point math 63.4 GOps/sec -
Find prime numbers 91M Primes/sec -
Random string sorting 32.7M Strings/sec -
Data encryption 17.1 GBytes/sec -
Data compression 292.8 MBytes/sec -
Physics 1476 Frames/sec -
Extended instructions 17.4B Matrices/sec -
Sources: PassMark [3] – 12064 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 23.4 PPW -
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 248.1 PPW -
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 554.9 PPW -
Blender / Watt 4.4 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 M6 (12-Core)
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 12700H and Apple M6 (12-Core)

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released January 4, 2022 August 25, 2026
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Codename Alder Lake Apple M6
Model number i7-12700H T8152
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Apple M6 GPU (12-core)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H -
Intel CPU rating (#125th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 6
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 4.79 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 6
E-Threads 8 6
Base Frequency (E) 1.7 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 12
Total Threads 20 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 23x 47x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 256K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 8MB (shared)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 2 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) -
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket BGA-1744 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C -
Laptop processors ranking (162nd and 10th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Apple M6 GPU (12-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 1600 MHz
Shading Units 768 1536
TMUs 48 96
ROPs 24 80
Execution Units 96 192
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 12700H
2.2 TFLOPS
M6 (12-Core) +123%
4.9 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M6 GPU (12-core) compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - LPDDR5X-10667
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 170 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

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