Apple M2 vs Intel Core i7 9700K

📋 Review
Apple M2

Apple M2

📋 Review
Intel Core i7 9700K

Intel Core i7 9700K

âš¡ Performance

System and application performance

Blender CPU
M2 109
9700K 133
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
M2 582
9700K 537
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
M2 125
9700K 80
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
M2 8667
9700K 9428
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
M2 1581
9700K 1285
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
M2 10122
9700K 8435

📊 Specifications

Technical specifications comparison

Background blur
42.1 images/sec
52.6 images/sec
Base Frequency (E)
2.4 GHz
N/A
Base Frequency (P)
3.5 GHz
3.6 GHz
Blender / Watt
6.07 PPW
1.41 PPW
Bus Bandwidth
N/A
8 GT/s
Bus Frequency
N/A
100 MHz
Cinebench 2024 / Watt
32.3 PPW
5.7 PPW
Clang compilation
80.4 Klines/sec
63.1 Klines/sec

💡 Key Differences

What are the key differences between the processors

Advantages of the Apple M2

  • ✓ 37% better nanoreview final score performance

📋 Tests and Specifications

Detailed comparison table of test results

Metric
Apple M2
Intel Core i7 9700K
Blender CPU
109
133
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
582
537
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
125
80
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
8667
9428
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1581
1285
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
10122
8435
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2589
1817
Integrated Graphics
68
N/A
Multi-Core Performance
26
26
NanoReview Final Score
56
41
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
15651
14403
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3892
2863
Power Efficiency
80
41
Single-Core Performance
71
53
iGPU FLOPS
2
0