M2 Max (12C30G) vs Intel Core i7-12700K

M2 Max (12C30G)
Intel Core i7-12700K $350
12 Cores
12 Threads
3.66GHz Clock
12 Cores
20 Threads
3.6GHz Clock
Socket
Unknown
Socket
LGA 1700
iGPU
30-Core M2 Max
10.74 TFLOPS FP32
iGPU
UHD 770 1500MHz
770 GFLOPS FP32
GB6S 2,825
70%
GB6M 14,800
55%
CB23S 1,710
66%
CB23S 1,940
75%
CB23M 14,535
34%
CB23M 22,230
52%
Manufacturer
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Architecture
Apple Silicon 11
Architecture
Alder Lake
Family
M Series
Family
Core 12th Gen
Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Codename
Rhodes-1C
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M2 Max
P-Core
Avalanche
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E-Core
Blizzard
Codename
Alder Lake-S
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Alder Lake-8P-8E
P-Core
Golden Cove
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E-Core
Gracemont
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/17/2023
Release Date
11/4/2021
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
Intel
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Node
N5P
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Node
Intel 7
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Die Size
470 mm²
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Die Size
202 mm²
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Transistor Count
67 Billion
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Transistor Count
14.6 Billion
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Unknown
LGA 1700
12 Cores
8 P-Cores
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4 E-Cores
12 Cores
8 P-Cores
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4 E-Cores
12 Threads
8 P-Threads
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4 E-Threads
20 Threads
16 P-Threads
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4 E-Threads
P-Core
3.66GHz
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P-Core
3.6GHz
5GHz Boost
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E-Core
2.42GHz
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E-Core
2.7GHz
3.8GHz Boost
Overclocking
Locked
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Overclocking
Unlocked
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Integrated Chipset
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Type
DMI
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Transfer Rate
16GT/s
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Lanes
8
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Bandwidth
16GB/s
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Bi-directional
32GB/s
L0 Instruction
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L0 Instruction
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L0 Data
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L0 Data
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L1 Instruction
192KB/P-Core
6-way set associative
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128KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Instruction
32KB/P-Core
8-way set associative
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64KB/E-Core
8-way set associative
L1 Data
128KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
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64KB/E-Core
2-way set associative
L1 Data
48KB/P-Core
12-way set associative
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32KB/E-Core
8-way set associative
L2
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24MB Shared
12-way set associative
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4MB Shared (E-Core)
16-way set associative
L2
1280KB/Core
10-way set associative
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2MB Shared (E-Core)
16-way set associative
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L3
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25MB Shared
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12-way set associative
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48MB SLC Cache
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Channels
4
Channels
2
Max Memory
64GB
Max Memory
128GB
ECC
Not Supported
ECC
Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel
128Bit
Bus Width
512Bit
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
3200MHz
Transfer Rate
6400MT/s
Clock
2400MHz
Transfer Rate
4800MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
102.4GB/s
Bandwidth
409.6GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
38.4GB/s
Bandwidth
76.8GB/s
TDP
90W
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TDP
125W
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190W Peak
Temp
100°C Max
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Temp
100°C Max
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Included Cooler
Not Included
Included Cooler
Not Included
No PCIe
PCIe 5.0 x16 Lanes
PCIe 4.0 x4 Lanes
30-Core M2 Max
3840 Shaders
1398MHz
10.74 TFLOPS FP32
UHD 770 1500MHz
256 Shaders
1500MHz
770 GFLOPS FP32
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GNA 3.0
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16 Cores
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15.8 TOPS FP16
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No Cellular
No Cellular
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