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

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i9 Apple M series
• Generation
  13 2
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 13000 Apple M2
• Predecessor
  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.

• Frequency
  3.80 GHz 3.50 GHz
• CPU Cores
  24 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No No turbo
• CPU Threads
  32 8
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  8x Raptor Cove / 3.80 GHz (5.70 GHz) 4x Avalanche
• B core
  16x Gracemont / 3.00 GHz (4.20 GHz) 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 Iris Xe Graphics 32 Apple M2 (8 Core)
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz 3.50 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.45 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  32 128
• Shader
  256 0
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB 16 GB
• Max. displays
  4 3
• Generation
  12 2
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2022 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 Decode
• AV1
  Decode 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 i9-13900K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR5-5600 LPDDR5-5500
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 16 GB
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 2

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP (PL1)
  125 W 15 W
• TDP up
  No 20 W
• TDP (PL2)
  241 W --
• TDP down
  No 10 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-13900K and Intel Core i9-13900K, 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, AVX2+ Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L2-Cache
  32.00 MB 16.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  36.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Raptor Lake S M2
• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1700 N/A
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q1/2022