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Intel Core Ultra 9 288V vs Apple M2 Max

62 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
VS
67 out of 100
Apple M2 Max
Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
Apple M2 Max

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 288V with 8-cores against the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 Max 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 Max and 288V
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
  • Newer - released 1 year and 8 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 5 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
Advantages of Apple M2 Max
  • More powerful Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) integrated graphics: 13.6 vs 4.2 TFLOPS
  • Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-6400 RAM
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • Has 4 more physical cores

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 9 288V
vs
M2 Max

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core Ultra 9 288V
628
M2 Max +63%
1022
Cinebench Scores (#148th 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 Ultra 9 288V +6%
2864
M2 Max
2695
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 9 288V
11069
M2 Max +35%
14891
File compression 1020 MB/sec 1690 MB/sec
Clang compilation 69 Klines/sec 131.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 278.5 pages/sec 368.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 290.7 Mpixels/sec 382.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 312.1 pages/sec 272.7 pages/sec
Background blur 49.8 images/sec 54.1 images/sec
Photo processing 117 images/sec 149.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.5 Mpixels/sec 17 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 693 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core Ultra 9 288V +3%
4272
M2 Max
4136
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 9 288V
19781
M2 Max +36%
26843
Integer math 44 GOps/sec 57.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 59.5 GOps/sec 73.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 194M Primes/sec 359M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 22.6M Strings/sec 41.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.1 GBytes/sec 15.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 186.1 MBytes/sec 335.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 1634 Frames/sec 3849 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.6B Matrices/sec 14.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 500 & 1034 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 9 288V
134.21
M2 Max +89%
253.11

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17 PPW 20.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 299.2 PPW 297.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 534.6 PPW 536.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.63 PPW 5.06 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 288V and Apple M2 Max

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released September 4, 2024 January 17, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Lunar Lake Apple M2
Model number 288V -
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140V Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core)
Successor - - Apple M5 Max (40-сore GPU)
Intel CPU rating (#72nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 3.3 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 4
E-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 12
Total Threads 8 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 33x 35x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 32MB (shared)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 67 billions
Fabrication Process 3 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 17-37 W (configurable) 50 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 37 W -
Socket FCBGA-2833 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (83rd and 69th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics 140V Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core)
GPU Base Clock 600 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2050 MHz 1398 MHz
Shading Units 1024 4864
TMUs - 304
ROPs - 152
Execution Units - 608
TGP 30 W 70 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 9 288V
4.2 TFLOPS
M2 Max +224%
13.6 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) compared to Arc 140V

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 4
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 409.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 9 288V official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 8 -

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Comments

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