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Intel Core i9 13900K vs Apple M2

82 out of 100
Intel Core i9 13900K
VS
55 out of 100
Apple M2
Intel Core i9 13900K
Apple M2

We compared two CPUs: the 3.0 GHz Intel Core i9 13900K (desktop) with 24-cores against the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 (laptop) with 8-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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Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
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Power Efficiency
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between M2 and 13900K
Advantages of Intel Core i9 13900K
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Has 16 more physical cores
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 14% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2939 vs 2589 points
Advantages of Apple M2
  • More powerful Apple M2 GPU integrated graphics: 2.9 vs 0.8 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Around 12.8 GB/s (14%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 13900K
vs
Apple M2

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core i9 13900K
124
Apple M2 +1%
125
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i9 13900K +226%
1896
Apple M2
582
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 673 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 8146 -
Cinebench Scores (#35th 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 i9 13900K +14%
2939
Apple M2
2589
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i9 13900K +103%
20498
Apple M2
10122
File compression 1570 MB/sec 1130 MB/sec
Clang compilation 193.2 Klines/sec 80.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 477 pages/sec 235.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 560.7 Mpixels/sec 266.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 301.8 pages/sec 257.4 pages/sec
Background blur 75.8 images/sec 42.1 images/sec
Photo processing 162.5 images/sec 107 images/sec
Ray tracing 43.5 Mpixels/sec 10.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 683 & 465 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i9 13900K +18%
4596
Apple M2
3883
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 13900K +271%
58087
Apple M2
15651
Integer math 206.4 GOps/sec 37 GOps/sec
Floating point math 150.5 GOps/sec 37.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 232M Primes/sec 174M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 86.9M Strings/sec 23.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 46.2 GBytes/sec 9.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 785.8 MBytes/sec 185.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 3101 Frames/sec 1667 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 46B Matrices/sec 7.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 12796 & 4611 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 13900K +385%
529.69
Apple M2
109.19

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.2 PPW 32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 164 PPW 562.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 464.7 PPW 869.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.24 PPW 6.07 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 i9 13900K
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (Marcus Kuronen)Cinebench 2026645 / 7225
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-11 (Nagambie)Cinebench 2026673 / 8146
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-09 (veshelya)Cinebench 2024133 / 941
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-23 (Rohit007)Cinebench 2024124 / 1906
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-09 (LieInMyEyes)Cinebench 2024126 / 1771
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Apple M2
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-14 (T)Geekbench 6 CPU2647 / 10245
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-05 (AR)Geekbench 6 CPU2655 / 10211
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Shivam)Geekbench 6 CPU2619 / 9900
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 13900K and Apple M2

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released September 27, 2022 June 6, 2022
Type Desktop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Raptor Lake Apple M2
Model number i9-13900K -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 Apple M2 GPU
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 7900X -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 285K - Apple M5 (10-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#14th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 4
P-Threads 16 4
Base Frequency (P) 3.0 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 4
E-Threads 16 4
Base Frequency (E) 2.2 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.3 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 24 8
Total Threads 32 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 30x -
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Transistors - 20 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 18 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 253 W -
Socket LGA-1700 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C -
Desktop CPU ranking (#21st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 Apple M2 GPU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1650 MHz 1398 MHz
Shading Units 256 1024
TMUs 16 64
ROPs 8 32
Execution Units 32 128
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 13900K
0.8 TFLOPS
Apple M2 +262%
2.9 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M2 GPU (8-core) compared to UHD Graphics 770

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 24 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 102.4 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 13900K official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 -

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