Intel Core i7-10750H vs Apple M2. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Apple M series
• Generation
  10 2
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 10000H Apple M2

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.

• Frequency
  2.60 GHz 3.50 GHz
• CPU Cores
  6 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  5.00 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  12 8
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  -- 4x Avalanche
• B core
  -- 4x Blizzard

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
  Intel UHD Graphics 630 Apple M2 (8 Core)
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz 3.50 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.15 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  24 128
• Shader
  192 0
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 16 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  9.5 2
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  14 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q1/2022

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
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M2 and Intel Core i7-10750H. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2933 LPDDR5-5500
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 4.0
• PCIe lanes
  16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-10750H and Apple M2 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  45 W 15 W
• TDP up
  -- 20 W
• TDP down
  35 W 10 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-10750H and Intel Core i7-10750H, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L2-Cache
  -- 16.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  12.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Comet Lake H M2
• Technology
  14 nm 5 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1440 N/A
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q1/2022