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Apple M2 (8-core) vs Intel Core i7-8565U

Apple M2 (8-core)
50.4Inno Score
VS
Intel Core i7-8565U
—Inno Score
58.1Single-core—
38.7Multi-core24
80Efficiencyspec-based66.4
—iGPU25.8
35Platformspec-based41.6
5 spec wins — Apple M2 (8-core)2 spec wins — Intel Core i7-8565U

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Intel Core i7-8565U lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the Apple M2 (8-core)

  • Stronger multi-core score: 39 vs 24
  • 164% higher PassMark: 15,648 vs 5,935
  • 100% higher cores: 8 vs 4
  • 64% lower process: 5 nm vs 14 nm

Reasons to pick the Intel Core i7-8565U

  • 167% higher Max memory: 64 GB vs 24 GB
  • 32% higher Boost clock: 4.6 GHz vs 3.5 GHz

General

General comparison: Apple M2 (8-core) versus Intel Core i7-8565U
SpecApple M2 (8-core)Intel Core i7-8565U
Announced20222018
Process5 nm+64%14 nm
Base TDP—15 W
Max TDP—25 W

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: Apple M2 (8-core) versus Intel Core i7-8565U
SpecApple M2 (8-core)Intel Core i7-8565U
Cores8+100%4
Performance cores44
Efficiency cores40
Threads88
Base clock—1.8 GHz
Boost clock3.5 GHz4.6 GHz+32%
L3 cache—8 MB

Integrated GPU

Integrated GPU comparison: Apple M2 (8-core) versus Intel Core i7-8565U
SpecApple M2 (8-core)Intel Core i7-8565U
iGPUApple 10-core GPUIntel UHD Graphics 620
iGPU clock—1,150 MHz

Memory

Memory comparison: Apple M2 (8-core) versus Intel Core i7-8565U
SpecApple M2 (8-core)Intel Core i7-8565U
Memory supportLPDDR5-6400DDR4-2400 / LPDDR3-2133
Max memory24 GB64 GB+167%

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Apple M2 (8-core) versus Intel Core i7-8565U
SpecApple M2 (8-core)Intel Core i7-8565U
Geekbench 6 (single)2,600Top 44%—
Geekbench 6 (multi)9,750Bottom 38%—
Cinebench R23 (single)1,580Bottom 39%—
Cinebench R23 (multi)8,700Bottom 30%—
PassMark15,648+164%Bottom 32%5,935Bottom 9%
3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)—389Bottom 8%

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