intel core i7 12700f vs apple m1 max

Apple M1 Max
VS
Intel Core i7 12700F
Apple M1 Max
Intel Core i7 12700F

We compared two CPUs Apple M1 Max (Laptop) 10-cores against Intel Core i7 12700F (Desktop) 12-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.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

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 Max and Intel Core i7 12700F
Advantages of Apple M1 Max
  • Has 23 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12700F
  • Newer released 1 years later
  • Has 2 more physical cores

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
m1 max
1544
core i7 12700f +17%
1857
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
m1 max
12507
core i7 12700f +40%
20826
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
m1 max
3872
core i7 12700f +3%
3982
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
m1 max
22551
core i7 12700f +29%
31824
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
m1 max +12%
1800
core i7 12700f
1575
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
m1 max
12695
core i7 12700f +8%
13786

Specifications

Full technical specification of m1 max and core i7 12700f

General

Apple M1 Max Intel Core i7 12700F
Vendor Apple Intel
Released October 18 2021 January 4 2022
Type Laptop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake-S
Socket FCLGA1700
Integrated GPU Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU

Performance

Apple M1 Max Intel Core i7 12700F
Cores 10 12
Threads 10 20
Base Frequency GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency GHz 4.9 GHz
L1 Cache 2.9 MB 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 28 MB 1.25 MB (per core)
L3 Cache 48 MB 25 MB (shared)

Power

Apple M1 Max Intel Core i7 12700F
Fabrication process 5 nm Intel 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) W 65 W
Max. temperature °C 100°C

Memory support

Apple M1 Max Intel Core i7 12700F
Memory types DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Memory Size GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

iGPU

Apple M1 Max Intel Core i7 12700F
Integrated Graphics Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz MHz
Shading Units 4096
TMUs 256
ROPs 128
TGP 60 W W
iGPU FLOPS
m1 max
10.4 TFLOPS
core i7 12700f
TFLOPS

Misc

Apple M1 Max Intel Core i7 12700F
Official site Apple M1 Max official page Intel Core i7 12700F official page
PCI Express Version
PCI Express Lanes 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i7 12700F or Apple M1 Max?