intel core i9 10850k vs apple m1 pro

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We compared two CPUs Apple M1 Pro (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.

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 i9 10850K
Advantages of Apple M1 Pro
  • Newer released 1 years later
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 14
Advantages of Intel Core i9 10850K
  • 37% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 3.22 GHz)

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
m1 pro +14%
1544
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
12199
15646
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
m1 pro +26%
1761
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
m1 pro +15%
12547

Specifications

Full technical specification of m1 pro and core i9 10850k

General

Apple M1 Pro 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 Pro 16-Core GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630

Performance

Apple M1 Pro Intel Core i9 10850K
Cores 10 10
Threads 10 20
Base Frequency 2.064 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 3.22 GHz 5.1 GHz
L1 Cache 2.9 MB 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 28 MB 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 24 MB 20 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Power

Apple M1 Pro 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 Pro 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 Pro Intel Core i9 10850K
Integrated Graphics Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock MHz 1.2 MHz
Shading Units 2048 192
TMUs 128 24
ROPs 64 3
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
5.2 TFLOPS
0.38 TFLOPS

Misc

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

Comments

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