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Intel Core i7-12700H vs Apple M2

Intel Core i7-12700H

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The Intel Core i7-12700H is a high-end mobile CPU for laptops based on the Alder Lake architecture. It was announced in early 2022 and offers 6 performance cores (P-cores, Golden Cove architecture) and 8 efficiency cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The P-cores support Hyper-Threading leading to 20 supported threads when combined with the E-cores. The clock rate ranges from 2.3 to 4.7 GHz on the performance cluster and 1.7 - 3.5 GHz on the efficient cluster. The performance of the E-cores should be similar to old Skylake cores (compare to the Core i7-6920HQ). All cores can use up to 24 MB L3 cache. Compared to the 12900H, the 12700H is lower clocked and offers only "Essentials" vPro features.

Performance

The average 12700H in our database wins a very important battle by being ever-so-slightly faster than the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX in multi-thread benchmarks while, perhaps even more importantly, nearly matching multi-thread benchmark scores of the more costly Core i9-12900H to be a great bang for the buck overall.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and a long-term CPU power limit of 101 W, the Legion 5 15IAH7H 82RB is among the fastest laptops built around the 12700H that we know of. It can be nearly 60% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Features

The integrated memory controller supports various memory types up to DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, and LPDDR4x-4267. The Thread Director (in hardware) can support the operating system to decide which thread to use on the performance or efficient cores for the best performance. For AI tasks, the CPU also integrates GNA 3.0 and DL Boost (via AVX2). Quick Sync in version 8 is the same as in the Rocket Lake CPUs and supports MPEG-2, AVC, VC-1 decode, JPEG, VP8 decode, VP9, HEVC, and AV1 decode in hardware. The CPU only supports PCIe 4.0 (x8 for a GPU and two x4 for SSDs).

The integrated graphics adapter is based on the Xe architecture and offers 96 EUs (Execution Units) operating at up to 1.4 GHz.

Power consumption

This Core i7 series chip has a "minimum assured" power consumption of 35 W, with 45 W being its Base power consumption. The CPU's highest Intel-recommended Turbo power consumption sits at 115 W.

The i7-12700H is built with Intel's 4th generation 10 nm process marketed as Intel 7 for average, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

Apple M2

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The Apple M2 is a System on a Chip (SoC) from Apple that is found in the late 2022 MacBook Air and, MacBook Pro 13. It offers 8 cores divided in four performance cores and four power-efficiency cores. The big cores offer 192 KB instruction cache, 128 KB data cache, and 16 MB shared L2 cache (up from 12 MB). The four efficiency cores are a lot smaller and offer only 128 KB instruction cache, 64 KB data cache, and 4 MB shared cache. The efficiency cores (E cluster) clock with  up to 2,4 GHz, the performance cores (P cluster) with up to 3,5 GHz and therefore higher than the M1 cores. The architecture should be similar to the A15 (iPhone 13) with Avalanche and Blizzard cores.

The chip features a unified memory architecture for the CPU and GPU cores and supports up to 24 GB LPDDR5-6400 for a bandwidth of up to 100GB/s.

According to Apple, the M2 offers a 18% higher CPU performance at the same power consumption level compared to the Apple M1. In our tests, the MacBook Pro 13 with active cooling was able to reach the 18% in Geekbench Multi. In other benchmarks we measured 12 to 15% gains compared to the M1. Therefore, the performance is now near the M1 Pro with 8 cores. The passively cooled MacBook Air may however suffer from throttling in longer load scenarios.

The integrated graphics card in the M2 offers 8 or 10 cores and a peak performance of 3.6 TFLOPs.

Furthermore, the SoC integrates a fast 16 core neural engine with a peak performance of 16 TOPS (for AI hardware acceleration), a secure enclave (e.g., for encryption), Thunderbolt / USB 4 controller, an ISP, and media de- and encoders.

The Apple M2 includes 20 billion transistors (up from the 16 billion of the M1) and is manufactured in the second generation 5nm process at TSMC (most likely N5P). The power consumption is rated at 20W what we also measured under CPU load.

ModelIntel Core i7-12700HApple M2
SeriesIntel Alder Lake-SApple Apple M2
CodenameAlder Lake-H
Clock1700 - 4700 MHz2424 - 3480 MHz
L1 Cache1.2 MB2 MB
L2 Cache11.5 MB20 MB
L3 Cache24 MB8 MB
Cores / Threads14 / 208 / 8
TDP45 Watt20 Watt
Technology10 nm5 nm
max. Temp.100 °C
SocketBGA1744
FeaturesDDR4-3200/LPDDR4x-4266/DDR5-4800/LPDDR5-5200 RAM, PCIe 4, Thr. Dir., DL Boost, GNA, vPro Ess., MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHAARMv8 Instruction Set
iGPUIntel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs ( - 1400 MHz)Apple M2 10-Core GPU ( - 1398 MHz)
Architecturex86ARM
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comwww.apple.com
Series: Apple M2
Apple M2 Max compare2.42 - 3.7 GHz12 / 12 cores48 MB L3
Apple M2 Pro compare2.42 - 3.5 GHz12 / 12 cores24 MB L3
Apple M2 Pro 10-Core compare2.42 - 3.7 GHz10 / 10 cores24 MB L3
Apple M2 « 2.42 - 3.48 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Transistors20000 Million

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i7-12700H
43.1 pt (60%)
Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Single Core
101 Points (70%)
120%
M2 +
121 Points (84%)
Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Multi Core
846 Points (16%)
61%
M2 +
513 Points (10%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 11202     avg: 15902     median: 16338 (15%)     max: 19330 Points
53%
M2 +
min: 8517     avg: 8654     median: 8667 (8%)     max: 8772 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1660     avg: 1775     median: 1780.5 (76%)     max: 1826 Points
89%
M2 +
min: 1580     avg: 1595     median: 1585 (67%)     max: 1638 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 640     avg: 685     median: 688 (76%)     max: 704 Points
55%
M2 +
min: 216     avg: 370.8     median: 381 (42%)     max: 446 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 4248     avg: 6032     median: 6087 (15%)     max: 7407 Points
38%
M2 +
min: 2231     avg: 2325     median: 2324 (6%)     max: 2416 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1972     avg: 2544     median: 2605 (16%)     max: 2916 Points
47%
M2 +
min: 1209.9     avg: 1222     median: 1215 (8%)     max: 1243 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 231     avg: 255.6     median: 256 (77%)     max: 263 Points
87%
M2 +
min: 222     avg: 223.8     median: 223 (67%)     max: 229 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 23.73     avg: 27.6     median: 27.6 (36%)     max: 31.46 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 2.98     avg: 3.1     median: 3.1 (76%)     max: 3.13 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 8835     avg: 8876     median: 8875.5 (54%)     max: 8916 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 52866     avg: 54647     median: 54647 (40%)     max: 56428 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 75147     avg: 83374     median: 83373.5 (58%)     max: 91600 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 14342     avg: 14410     median: 14410 (18%)     max: 14478 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
236.1 s (3%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
3.3 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
8231 Points (13%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 41015     avg: 61062     median: 61958.5 (36%)     max: 73067 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 5108     avg: 5697     median: 5761.5 (69%)     max: 5972 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
145.8 fps (51%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
297.5 fps (69%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 9.06     avg: 16.9     median: 16.7 (29%)     max: 21.8 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
1.4 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
2.5 GB/s (43%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
14.8 GB/s (39%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 291     avg: 395     median: 391.5 (5%)     max: 541 Seconds
97%
M2 +
min: 540     avg: 620     median: 619.5 (8%)     max: 702 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 168     avg: 215.5     median: 214 (2%)     max: 286 Seconds
97%
M2 +
min: 549     avg: 614     median: 597 (4%)     max: 713 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.4441     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (10%)     max: 0.505 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 11952     avg: 14458     median: 14044 (30%)     max: 17593 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
7.9 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
17.7 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
428.6 s (2%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 38383     avg: 61583     median: 64514 (56%)     max: 72328 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 11068     avg: 21108     median: 21706 (59%)     max: 24999 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 80040     avg: 88205     median: 88358 (72%)     max: 94429 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 80080     avg: 89905     median: 90843.5 (74%)     max: 97853 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 81700     avg: 87741     median: 86851.5 (73%)     max: 95561 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 10336     avg: 18205     median: 18650.5 (47%)     max: 20751 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 2523     avg: 25801     median: 27103 (48%)     max: 30931 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 5588     avg: 11367     median: 11850.5 (50%)     max: 14415 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
2486 Points (75%)
105%
M2 +
min: 2593     avg: 2622     median: 2621.5 (80%)     max: 2650 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
13118 Points (52%)
77%
M2 +
min: 10034     avg: 10064     median: 10063.5 (40%)     max: 10093 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1590     avg: 1747     median: 1755 (74%)     max: 1851 Points
109%
M2 +
min: 1890     avg: 1918     median: 1917 (81%)     max: 1953 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 6833     avg: 11864     median: 12125 (22%)     max: 13745 Points
74%
M2 +
min: 8491     avg: 8839     median: 8961 (16%)     max: 8994 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1603     avg: 1682     median: 1695 (7%)     max: 1762 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 6784     avg: 11223     median: 11805 (37%)     max: 12831 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 7058     avg: 7377     median: 7421 (74%)     max: 7608 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 44386     avg: 47601     median: 46409 (52%)     max: 53199 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 515     avg: 529     median: 526 (1%)     max: 585 ms
100%
M2 +
min: 440     avg: 452.4     median: 450.9 (1%)     max: 466.8 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 80.5     avg: 93.6     median: 93.6 (1%)     max: 106.7 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 84532     avg: 87574     median: 88214.5 (79%)     max: 90357 Points
85%
M2 +
min: 72484     avg: 74097     median: 74614 (67%)     max: 75776 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 212     avg: 254.6     median: 258 (74%)     max: 269 Points
88%
M2 +
min: 223     avg: 235.5     median: 226.5 (65%)     max: 256 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 253     avg: 296     median: 297.5 (62%)     max: 324 Points
127%
M2 +
min: 342     avg: 369.1     median: 377 (79%)     max: 387 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 Total Score
100%
1 M2 +
min: 1257990     avg: 1337360     median: 1337360 (81%)     max: 1416730 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
100%
1 M2 +
min: 294643     avg: 298254     median: 298254 (82%)     max: 301865 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1492     avg: 1812     median: 1826 (70%)     max: 2017 Points
83%
M2 +
min: 1496     avg: 1533     median: 1520 (58%)     max: 1585 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 57.1     avg: 113.8     median: 100.5 (17%)     max: 187 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 63.1     avg: 130.6     median: 133.3 (24%)     max: 211 Watt
125%
1 M2 +
29 Watt (5%)
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.5 Power Consumption 150cd *
100%
1 M2 +
min: 9.08     avg: 9.4     median: 9.4 (4%)     max: 9.71 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 6.09     avg: 16     median: 12.6 (8%)     max: 39.3 Watt
107%
1 M2 +
min: 2.03     avg: 2.6     median: 2.4 (2%)     max: 3.98 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 6.93     avg: 17.1     median: 15.2 (17%)     max: 31.7 Watt
114%
1 M2 +
min: 2.32     avg: 4.1     median: 4.7 (5%)     max: 5.32 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 11.9     avg: 20.8     median: 19.7 (15%)     max: 38.1 Points per Watt
215%
1 M2 +
42.4 Points per Watt (32%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-12700H → 100% n=19

Average Benchmarks Apple M2 → 84% n=19

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