Quick/Comparisons
74 | Single-Core Performance | 76 |
27 | Multi-Core Performance | 62 |
78 | Power Efficiency |
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68 | Integrated Graphics | — |
57 | QucikComparison Final Score | 69 |
| 8 | Cores | 16 |
| 18 W | TDP | 125 W |
| 5 nm | Transistor size | 10 nm |
| 125 | Cinebench 2024 (Single) | 115 |
| 582 | Cinebench 2024 (Multi) | 1463 |
| 2589 | Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 2686 |
| 10122 | Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 16140 |
| 1130 MB/sec | File compression | 1150 MB/sec |
| 80.4 Klines/sec | Clang compilation | 141 Klines/sec |
| 235.3 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 363.2 pages/sec |
| 266.1 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 475.6 Mpixels/sec |
| 257.4 pages/sec | Text processing | 274.8 pages/sec |
| 42.1 images/sec | Background blur | 66.8 images/sec |
| 107 images/sec | Photo processing | 138.5 images/sec |
| 10.5 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 33.9 Mpixels/sec |
| 3885 | Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | 4132 |
| 15642 | Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | 40732 |
| 37 GOps/sec | Integer math | 138.8 GOps/sec |
| 37.6 GOps/sec | Floating point math | 105.3 GOps/sec |
| 174M Primes/sec | Find prime numbers | 140M Primes/sec |
| 23.7M Strings/sec | Random string sorting | 56.9M Strings/sec |
| 9.5 GBytes/sec | Data encryption | 29.4 GBytes/sec |
| 186 MBytes/sec | Data compression | 535.2 MBytes/sec |
| 1664 Frames/sec | Physics | 2077 Frames/sec |
| 7.7B Matrices/sec | Extended instructions | 33.6B Matrices/sec |
| 109.19 | Blender CPU | 365.61 |
| 32.3 PPW | Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 11.7 PPW |
| 562.3 PPW | Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 129.1 PPW |
| 869 PPW | Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 325.9 PPW |
| 6.07 PPW | Blender / Watt | 2.92 PPW |
| — | [Performance Cores] | — |
| 4 | P-Cores | 8 |
| 4 | P-Threads | 16 |
| 3.5 GHz | Base Frequency (P) | 3.2 GHz |
| — | [Efficient Cores] | — |
| 4 | E-Cores | 8 |
| 4 | E-Threads | 8 |
| 2.4 GHz | Base Frequency (E) | 2.4 GHz |
| — | [Total] | — |
| 8 | Total Cores | 16 |
| 8 | Total Threads | 24 |
| — | Multiplier | 32x |
| 192K (per core) | L1 Cache | 64K (per core) |
| 16MB (shared) | L2 Cache | 14MB (shared) |
| No | Unlocked Multiplier | Yes |
| Apple M2 GPU | Integrated Graphics | — |
| 1398 MHz | GPU Boost Clock | — |
| 1024 | Shading Units | — |
| 64 | TMUs | — |
| 32 | ROPs | — |
| 128 | Execution Units | — |
| 2.9 TFLOPS | iGPU FLOPS | — |
| - LPDDR5-6400 | Memory Types | - DDR5-4800 - DDR4-3200 |
| 24 GB | Max. Memory Size | 128 GB |
| 8 | Memory Channels | 2 |
| 102.4 GB/s | Max. Memory Bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s |
| No | ECC Support | Yes |
| Apple | Vendor | Intel |
| June 6, 2022 | Released | October 27, 2021 |
| Laptop | Type | Desktop |
| ARMv8 | Instruction Set | x86-64 |
| Apple M2 | Codename | Alder Lake |
| — | Model number | i9-12900KF |
| Apple M2 GPU | Integrated GPU | No |
| — | Qualcomm Equivalent | — |
| 20 billions | Transistors | — |
| 5 nm | Fabrication Process | 10 nm |
| 18 W | TDP (PL1) | 125 W |
| Apple M-Socket | Socket | LGA-1700 |
| — | Peak Temperature | 100°C |
