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Intel Core i7 13620H vs Apple M1 Pro

54 out of 100
Intel Core i7 13620H
VS
58 out of 100
Apple M1 Pro
Intel Core i7 13620H
Apple M1 Pro

We compared two 10-core laptop CPUs: the 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7 13620H against the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 Pro. 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 Pro and 13620H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13620H
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year and 3 months later
Advantages of Apple M1 Pro
  • More powerful Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) integrated graphics: 5.3 vs 1.5 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 13620H
vs
M1 Pro

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core i7 13620H +1%
110
M1 Pro
109
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i7 13620H +2%
814
M1 Pro
796
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 444
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3334
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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 13620H +7%
2494
M1 Pro
2328
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13620H +19%
12296
M1 Pro
10305
File compression 1100 MB/sec 1230 MB/sec
Clang compilation 86.7 Klines/sec 82.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 293.8 pages/sec 249.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 338.2 Mpixels/sec 271.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 251.9 pages/sec 246.4 pages/sec
Background blur 52.1 images/sec 36.9 images/sec
Photo processing 107.8 images/sec 102.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 20 Mpixels/sec 10.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 978 & 593 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 13620H
3548
M1 Pro +7%
3795
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13620H +6%
23250
M1 Pro
21934
Integer math 79.1 GOps/sec 45.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 58.1 GOps/sec 64 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 94M Primes/sec 272M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 28.5M Strings/sec 32.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15 GBytes/sec 12.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 270 MBytes/sec 272.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 1561 Frames/sec 2696 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.8B Matrices/sec 12.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 7401 & 2437 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 13620H
185.51
M1 Pro +1%
186.87

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 18.1 PPW 26.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 273.2 PPW 343.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 516.7 PPW 731.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.12 PPW 6.23 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 13620H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 (Texar)Cinebench 2026531 / 1297
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-17 (kam)Geekbench 6 CPU2647 / 13329
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 (Sus Go0d)Geekbench 6 CPU2523 / 11616
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (Gigant)Geekbench 6 CPU2644 / 11794
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (Gigant)Cinebench 2024113 / 914
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Apple M1 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-27 (bbffx)Geekbench 6 CPU2450 / 12944
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-27 (bbffx)Cinebench 2026444 / 3334
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-27 (bbffx)Cinebench 2024115 / 857
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-23 (anon121434)Cinebench 202499 / 682
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-19 (serhii)Cinebench 2024109 / 796
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 13620H and Apple M1 Pro

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released January 3, 2023 October 18, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Raptor Lake Apple M1
Model number i7-13620H -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (64EU) Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS -
Successor - Intel Core 7 240H - Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#122nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.4 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 2
E-Threads 4 2
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 10
Total Threads 16 10
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 24x -
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 24MB (shared)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 33.7 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 30 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket BGA-1744 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C -
Laptop processors ranking (161st and 124th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1296 MHz
Shading Units 512 2048
TMUs 32 128
ROPs 16 64
Execution Units 64 256
TGP 15 W 30 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 13620H
1.5 TFLOPS
M1 Pro +253%
5.3 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) compared to UHD Graphics (64 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR5x-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 204.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 13620H official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 -
PCI Express Lanes 28 -

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