intel core i9 10850k vs apple m1 max

Apple M1 Max
VS
Intel Core i9 10850K
Apple M1 Max
Intel Core i9 10850K

We compared two CPUs Apple M1 Max (Laptop) 10-cores against Intel Core i9 10850K (Desktop) 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.

  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 i9 10850K
Advantages of Apple M1 Max
  • Newer released 1 years later
  • Has 28 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 14
Advantages of Intel Core i9 10850K

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
m1 max +14%
1544
core i9 10850k
1323
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
m1 max
12507
core i9 10850k +20%
15646
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
m1 max +20%
3872
core i9 10850k
3104
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
m1 max
22551
core i9 10850k +2%
23014
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
m1 max +27%
1800
core i9 10850k
1306
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
m1 max +16%
12695
core i9 10850k
10711

Specifications

Full technical specification of m1 max and core i9 10850k

General

Apple M1 Max Intel Core i9 10850K
Vendor Apple Intel
Released October 18 2021 August 27 2020
Type Laptop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Comet Lake-S
Socket FCLGA1200
Integrated GPU Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630

Performance

Apple M1 Max Intel Core i9 10850K
Cores 10 10
Threads 10 20
Base Frequency GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency GHz 5.1 GHz
L1 Cache 2.9 MB 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 28 MB 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 48 MB 20 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Power

Apple M1 Max Intel Core i9 10850K
Fabrication process 5 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) W 125 W
Max. temperature °C 100°C

Memory support

Apple M1 Max Intel Core i9 10850K
Memory types DDR4-2933
Memory Size GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 45.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

iGPU

Apple M1 Max Intel Core i9 10850K
Integrated Graphics Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock MHz 1.2 MHz
Shading Units 4096 192
TMUs 256 24
ROPs 128 3
TGP 60 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
m1 max
10.4 TFLOPS
core i9 10850k
0.38 TFLOPS

Misc

Apple M1 Max Intel Core i9 10850K
Official site Apple M1 Max official page Intel Core i9 10850K official page
PCI Express Version 3
PCI Express Lanes 16

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i9 10850K or Apple M1 Max?