Apple M2 vs Intel Core i7-13650HX. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Apple M2 Intel Core i 13000H
• Family
  Apple M series Intel Core i7
• Generation
  2 13
• Predecessor
  - Intel Core i7-12650HX
• 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 6x Raptor Cove
• B-Core
  4x Blizzard 8x Gracemont
• Base Frequency
  3.5 GHz -
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 14
• CPU Threads
  8 20
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  No turbo -
• A-Core Frequency
  - 2.60 GHz (4.90 GHz)
• B-Core Frequency
  - 1.90 GHz (3.60 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 16
• Generation
  2 13
• GPU Frequency
  3500 MHz 400 MHz
• GPU name
  Apple M2 (8 Core) Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (16 EU)
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1550 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB 64 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q1/2023
• Shader
  0 128
• 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 / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-13650HX and Apple M2. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2 (Dual Channel)
• Memory type
  LPDDR5-5500 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• PCIe version
  4.0 -
• Memory Bandwidth
  - 76.8 GB/s
• PCIe
  - 5.0 x 20

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M2 and Intel Core i7-13650HX 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 -
• TDP (PL2)
  - 157 W
• TDP down
  10 W 45 W
• TDP up
  20 W 86 W
• TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
  - 55 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M2 and Intel Core i7-13650HX, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  M2 Raptor Lake H
• 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
  16 MB -
• L3-Cache
  - 24 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q1/2023
• Socket
  - BGA 1744
• Technology
  5 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Chip design
  - Monolithic
• Documents
  - Technical data sheet
• Operating systems
  - Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
• Release price
  - 485 $