Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) vs Intel Core i7-12700. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Apple M2 Intel Core i 12000
• Family
  Apple M series Intel Core i7
• Generation
  2 12
• Predecessor
  Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) Intel Core i7-11700
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server

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

• A-Core
  16x Avalanche 8x Golden Cove
• A-Core Frequency
  3.5 GHz -
• B-Core
  8x Blizzard 4x Gracemont
• B-Core Frequency
  2.8 GHz -
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  24 12
• CPU Threads
  24 20
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Base Frequency
  - 2.1 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - 4.8 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
  - 4.1 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
  1216 32
• Generation
  2 12
• GPU Frequency
  1400 MHz 400 MHz
• GPU name
  Apple M2 Ultra (76 Core) Intel Iris Xe Graphics 32 (Alder Lake S)
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1450 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 4
• Max. GPU Memory
  192 GB 16 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2023 Q4/2021
• Shader
  9728 256
• Technology
  5 nm 10 nm

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

• AV1
  No 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 i7-12700 and Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU). Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  192 GB 256 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  819.1 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  8 (Octa Channel) 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• PCIe
  4.0 x 64 -
• PCIe lanes
  - 20
• PCIe version
  - 5.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) and Intel Core i7-12700 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 100 °C
• TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
  90 W -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) and Intel Core i7-12700, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  M2 Alder Lake S
• Chip design
  Chiplet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  72 MB 2.5 MB
• L3-Cache
  - 25 MB
• Operating systems
  macOS, iPadOS -
• Release date
  Q2/2023 Q4/2021
• Socket
  - LGA 1700
• Technology
  5 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  Apple Virtualization Framework VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d