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Intel Core i7 13700K vs Apple M2 Ultra

75 out of 100
Intel Core i7 13700K
VS
79 out of 100
Apple M2 Ultra
Intel Core i7 13700K
Apple M2 Ultra

We compared two CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7 13700K (desktop) with 16-cores against the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 Ultra (laptop) with 24-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

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Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between Ultra and 13700K
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13700K
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 5.0
  • 10% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2941 vs 2685 points
Advantages of Apple M2 Ultra
  • Around 729.6 GB/s (814%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 7 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 13700K
vs
M2 Ultra

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core i7 13700K
121
M2 Ultra +3%
125
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i7 13700K
1521
M2 Ultra +28%
1941
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 659 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 6859 7481
Cinebench Scores (66th and 31st 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 13700K +10%
2941
M2 Ultra
2685
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13700K
20193
M2 Ultra +6%
21387
File compression 1770 MB/sec 2140 MB/sec
Clang compilation 167.5 Klines/sec 226.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 528.1 pages/sec 569.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 560.2 Mpixels/sec 603.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 288 pages/sec 272.4 pages/sec
Background blur 81 images/sec 56.5 images/sec
Photo processing 187.6 images/sec 170.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 37.6 Mpixels/sec 33.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 817 & 728 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 13700K +3%
4325
M2 Ultra
4208
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13700K
45614
M2 Ultra +12%
50945
Integer math 153.8 GOps/sec 117.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 114.4 GOps/sec 148.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 188M Primes/sec 712M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 62.5M Strings/sec 83.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 33.1 GBytes/sec 32 GBytes/sec
Data compression 591.4 MBytes/sec 682.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 2692 Frames/sec 7650 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 36.4B Matrices/sec 33.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 8277 & 201 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 13700K
401.93
M2 Ultra +25%
501.6

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.2 PPW 24.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 161.5 PPW 267.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 364.9 PPW 636.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.22 PPW 6.27 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 13700K
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-03-30 (Channel3)Cinebench 2026659 / 6859
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-01-14 (Xypher)Cinebench 2024121 / 1618
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-05-28 (Illyctro)Geekbench 6 CPU2671 / 17244
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-05-27 (JMoor)Cinebench 2024120 / 1543
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-05-21 (Sighrus)Cinebench 2024126 / 1759
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Apple M2 Ultra
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 13700K and Apple M2 Ultra

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released September 27, 2022 May 5, 2023
Type Desktop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Raptor Lake Apple M2
Model number i7-13700K -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 Apple M2 Ultra GPU (76-core)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 7700X -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus - Apple M4 Ultra
Intel CPU rating (#31st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 16
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 8
E-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (E) 2.5 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.2 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 16 24
Total Threads 24 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 34x 35x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 64MB (shared)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Transistors - 134 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 80 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 253 W -
Socket LGA-1700 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (#40th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 Apple M2 Ultra GPU (76-core)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1600 MHz 1398 MHz
Shading Units 256 -
TMUs 16 -
ROPs 8 -
Execution Units 32 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 13700K
0.8 TFLOPS
M2 Ultra
n/a
See: Intel UHD Graphics 770 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 819.2 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 13700K official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 -

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Comments

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