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Intel Core Ultra 7 258V vs Apple M2

59 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
VS
57 out of 100
Apple M2
Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
Apple M2

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 258V against the 3.5 GHz Apple M2. 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 M2 and 258V
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
  • Newer - released 2 years and 3 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 5 nanometers
  • More powerful Intel Arc Graphics 140V integrated graphics: 4 vs 2.9 TFLOPS
  • Supports up to 32 GB LPDDR5X-8533 RAM
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 258V
vs
Apple M2

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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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 Ultra 7 258V +6%
2745
Apple M2
2589
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 7 258V +7%
10802
Apple M2
10122
File compression 1020 MB/sec 1130 MB/sec
Clang compilation 66.1 Klines/sec 80.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 287.7 pages/sec 235.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 295.6 Mpixels/sec 266.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 276.7 pages/sec 257.4 pages/sec
Background blur 46.5 images/sec 42.1 images/sec
Photo processing 113.9 images/sec 107 images/sec
Ray tracing 14 Mpixels/sec 10.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 465 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core Ultra 7 258V +3%
4016
Apple M2
3883
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 7 258V +21%
18885
Apple M2
15651
Integer math 42.9 GOps/sec 37 GOps/sec
Floating point math 57.4 GOps/sec 37.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 185M Primes/sec 174M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 21.6M Strings/sec 23.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.5 GBytes/sec 9.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 176.6 MBytes/sec 185.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1565 Frames/sec 1667 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.7B Matrices/sec 7.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2133 & 4611 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 7 258V +18%
128.8
Apple M2
109.19

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17.2 PPW 32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 291.9 PPW 562.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 510.4 PPW 869.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.48 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 Ultra 7 258V
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-18 (THINKPAD T16 GEN4)Cinebench 2024122 / 584
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-06 (Matty)Cinebench 2024113 / 512
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-15 -> maheshkondrajuGeekbench 6 CPU2869 / 11446
Add View all (3)
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
Add View all (3)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 258V and Apple M2

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released September 4, 2024 June 6, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Lunar Lake Apple M2
Model number 258V -
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140V Apple M2 GPU
Successor - - Apple M5 (10-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#88th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 4
E-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (E) 2.2 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 22x -
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 20 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 17-37 W (configurable) 18 W
Socket FCBGA-2833 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C -
Laptop processors ranking (111th and 133rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics 140V Apple M2 GPU
GPU Base Clock 600 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1950 MHz 1398 MHz
Shading Units 1024 1024
TMUs - 64
ROPs - 32
Execution Units - 128
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 7 258V +38%
4 TFLOPS
Apple M2
2.9 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M2 GPU (8-core) compared to Arc 140V

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 24 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 102.4 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 258V official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 8 -

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
13 (86.7%)
2 (13.3%)
Total votes: 15

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Comments

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