Apple M2 vs Intel Core i7-11375H. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Apple M2 Intel Core i 11000H
• Family
  Apple M series Intel Core i7
• Generation
  2 11
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  4x Avalanche -
• B-Core
  4x Blizzard -
• Base Frequency
  3.5 GHz 3.3 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  8 4
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 4.6 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  - 12
• Execution units
  128 96
• Generation
  2 12
• GPU Frequency
  3500 MHz 400 MHz
• GPU name
  Apple M2 (8 Core) Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Tiger Lake G7)
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1350 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 4
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB 16 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q3/2020
• Shader
  0 768
• Technology
  5 nm 10 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  Decode Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-11375H and Apple M2. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR5-5500 DDR4-3200LPDDR4X-4266
• PCIe lanes
  - 4
• PCIe version
  4.0 4.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M2 and Intel Core i7-11375H Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 35 W
• TDP down
  10 W 28 W
• TDP up
  20 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M2 and Intel Core i7-11375H, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  M2 Tiger Lake H
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• L2-Cache
  16 MB 5 MB
• L3-Cache
  - 12 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q1/2021
• Socket
  - BGA 1526
• Technology
  5 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d