apple m1 pro vs intel core i7 1265u

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We compared two CPUs Apple M1 Pro (Laptop) 10-cores against Intel Core i7 1265U (Laptop) 10-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between Apple M1 Pro and Intel Core i7 1265U
Advantages of Apple M1 Pro
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1265U
  • Newer released 1 years later
  • 33% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 3.22 GHz)

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1544
1745
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
m1 pro +33%
12199
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
1761
1788
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
m1 pro +35%
12547

Specifications

Full technical specification of m1 pro and core i7 1265u

General

Apple M1 Pro Intel Core i7 1265U
Vendor Apple Intel
Released October 18 2021 January 4 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake-U
Socket FCBGA1744
Integrated GPU Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible

Performance

Apple M1 Pro Intel Core i7 1265U
Cores 10 10
Threads 10 12
Base Frequency 2.064 GHz 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 3.22 GHz 4.8 GHz
L1 Cache 2.9 MB 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 28 MB 1.25 MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24 MB 12 MB (shared)

Power

Apple M1 Pro Intel Core i7 1265U
Fabrication process 5 nm Intel 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) W 15 W
Max. temperature °C 100°C

Memory support

Apple M1 Pro Intel Core i7 1265U
Memory types DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Memory Size GB 64 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - -
ECC Support No No

iGPU

Apple M1 Pro Intel Core i7 1265U
Integrated Graphics Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock MHz 1.25 MHz
Shading Units 2048 768
TMUs 128 48
ROPs 64 24
Execution Units 96
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
5.2 TFLOPS
1.69 TFLOPS

Misc

Apple M1 Pro Intel Core i7 1265U
Official site Apple M1 Pro official page Intel Core i7 1265U official page
PCI Express Version 4
PCI Express Lanes 20

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i7 1265U or Apple M1 Pro?