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

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

• Family
  Intel Core i9 Apple M series
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 13000H Apple M2
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  13 2
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i9-12900H Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)

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 12 / 12
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  6x Raptor Cove 8x Avalanche
• B-Core
  8x Gracemont 4x Blizzard
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• A-Core Frequency
  2.60 GHz (5.40 GHz) 3.50 GHz
• B-Core Frequency
  1.90 GHz (4.10 GHz) 2.80 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.

• GPU name
  Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) Apple M2 Max (32 Core)
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz 1.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.50 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  96 512
• Shader
  768 4096
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB 32 GB
• Max. displays
  4 2
• Generation
  13 2
• Direct X
  12.1 --
• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q4/2022

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 Max and Intel Core i9-13900H. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-5200LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR5-6400
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2 (Dual Channel)
• Bandwidth
  89.6 GB/s 409.6 GB/s
• ECC
  No No
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20 4.0
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP (PL2)
  115 W --
• TDP down
  35 W --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-13900H and Intel Core i9-13900H, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Chip design
  Monolithic Chiplet
• Socket
  BGA 1744 N/A
• L2-Cache
  -- 36.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  24.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Raptor Lake H M2
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux macOS, iPadOS
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Apple Virtualization Framework
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q2/2022
• Release price
  700 $ --
• Documents
  Technical data sheet --