intel core i7 1250u vs apple m1

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We compared two CPUs Intel Core i7 1250U (Laptop) 10-cores against Apple M1 (Desktop) 8-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 Intel Core i7 1250U and Apple M1
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1250U
  • Newer released 2 years later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 32% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 3.2 GHz)
Advantages of Apple M1
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
m1
1528
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
m1
7810
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
m1
3769
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
m1 +39%
14821
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
m1 +5%
1748
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
m1 +15%
8274

Specifications

Full technical specification of core i7 1250u and m1

General

Intel Core i7 1250U Apple M1
Vendor Intel Apple
Released January 4 2022 November 10 2020
Type Laptop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake-U
Socket FCBGA1781
Integrated GPU Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible Apple M1 8-Core GPU

Performance

Intel Core i7 1250U Apple M1
Cores 10 8
Threads 12 8
Base Frequency 1.1 GHz 2.064 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.7 GHz 3.2 GHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 2 MB
L2 Cache 1.25 MB (per core) 16 MB
L3 Cache 12 MB (shared)

Power

Intel Core i7 1250U Apple M1
Fabrication process Intel 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 9 W W
Max. temperature 100°C °C

Memory support

Intel Core i7 1250U Apple M1
Memory types LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Memory Size 64 GB GB
Max. Memory Channels 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - -
ECC Support No No

iGPU

Intel Core i7 1250U Apple M1
Integrated Graphics Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible Apple M1 8-Core GPU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 950 MHz MHz
Shading Units 768 1024
TMUs 48 64
ROPs 24 32
Execution Units 96
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.69 TFLOPS
m1
2.6 TFLOPS

Misc

Intel Core i7 1250U Apple M1
Official site Intel Core i7 1250U official page Apple M1 official page
PCI Express Version 4
PCI Express Lanes 14

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M1 or Intel Core i7 1250U?