Intel Core i7-12700H vs Apple M2 (8-GPU). Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Intel Core i7 Apple M series
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000H Apple M2
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  12 2
• Predecessor
  -- Apple M1

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.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  14 / 20 8 / 8
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  6x Golden Cove 4x Avalanche
• B-Core
  8x Gracemont 4x Blizzard
• 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
  Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) Apple M2 (8 Core)
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz 1.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.40 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  96 128
• Shader
  768 1024
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 24 GB
• Max. displays
  4 2
• Generation
  13 2
• Direct X
  12.1 --
• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q2/2022

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
  Decode No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M2 (8-GPU) and Intel Core i7-12700H. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200 LPDDR5-6400
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 24 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2 (Dual Channel)
• ECC
  No No
• PCIe
  4.0 x 20 4.0
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-12700H and Apple M2 (8-GPU) to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  45 W 22 W
• TDP (PL2)
  115 W --
• TDP down
  -- 10 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-12700H and Intel Core i7-12700H, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L2-Cache
  11.50 MB 20.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  24.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Alder Lake H M2
• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Apple Virtualization Framework
• Socket
  BGA 1744 N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q2/2022