Intel Core i9-13900KS vs Apple M2 Pro. 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 13000 Apple M2
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Generation
  13 2
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i9-12900KS Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 14-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
  24 / 32 12 / 12
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  8x Raptor Cove 8x Avalanche
• B-Core
  16x Gracemont 4x Blizzard
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• A-Core Frequency
  3.20 GHz (6.00 GHz) 3.50 GHz
• B-Core Frequency
  2.20 GHz (4.30 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 UHD Graphics 770 Apple M2 Pro (16 Core)
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 1.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.65 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  32 256
• Shader
  256 2048
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 32 GB
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Generation
  11 2
• Direct X
  12 --
• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2021 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 / Encode 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 Pro and Intel Core i9-13900KS. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-5600 LPDDR5-6400
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2 (Dual Channel)
• Bandwidth
  89.6 GB/s 204.8 GB/s
• ECC
  Yes No
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20 4.0
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP (PL1)
  150 W 45 W
• TDP (PL2)
  253 W --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

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

• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Chip design
  Monolithic Chiplet
• Socket
  LGA 1700 N/A
• L2-Cache
  32.00 MB 36.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  36.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Raptor Lake S 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