Apple M2 Max vs Intel Core i9-13900K. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Apple M series Intel Core i9
• CPU group
  Apple M2 Intel Core i 13000
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Generation
  2 13
• Predecessor
  Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) Intel Core i9-12900K
• Successor
  -- No

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid
• Overclocking
  No No

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

• GPU name
  Apple M2 Max (32 Core) Intel Iris Xe Graphics 32
• GPU frequency
  1.40 GHz 0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.45 GHz
• Execution units
  512 32
• Shader
  4096 256
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB 16 GB
• Max. displays
  2 4
• Generation
  2 12
• Technology
  5 nm 10 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q4/2022

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-13900K and Apple M2 Max. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 DDR5-5600
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2
• Bandwidth
  409.6 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
• ECC
  No Yes
• PCIe
  4.0 5.0 x 20

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M2 Max and Intel Core i9-13900K to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  45 W 125 W
• TDP (PL2)
  -- 241 W
• TDP up
  -- No
• TDP down
  -- No
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M2 Max and Apple M2 Max, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  5 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  N/A LGA 1700
• L2-Cache
  36.00 MB 32.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  -- 36.00 MB
• Architecture
  M2 Raptor Lake S
• Virtualization
  Apple Virtualization Framework VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• Release date
  Q2/2022 Q4/2022