Apple M2 Ultra vs Intel Core i9 7980XE
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2023
Sep 2017
Manufacturer
Apple
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
ARMv8
x86-64
Core Architecture
Apple M2
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
Apple M2 Max GPU (76-core)
N/A
Processor Number
-
i9-7980XE
Package
Transistor Count
134 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
5 nm
14 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
LGA-2066
Power Consumption
60 W
165 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
94 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
18
Performance Core Threads
16
36
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
2.6 GHz
Efficiency Cores
8
-
Efficiency Core Threads
8
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
-
Total Core Count
24
18
Total Thread Count
24
36
Multiplier
35x
26x
L1 Cache
192 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
64 MB shared
1 MB per core
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
4.2 GHz
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
L3 Cache
-
25 MB shared
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-6400
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size
192 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
16
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
800 GB/s
79.47 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
-
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
-
44
Extended Instruction Set
-
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,729
1,263
Cinebench R23
28,910
28,196
Geekbench 6
2,790
1,410
Geekbench 5
1,956
-
Geekbench 6
21,217
11,418
Geekbench 5
27,945
-
Cinebench 2024
126
-
Cinebench 2024
1,918
-
Blender
505
-
Passmark CPU
4,137
2,492
Passmark CPU
48,776
30,462