intel core i9 11900kf vs apple m1 max

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We compared two CPUs Apple M1 Max (Laptop) 10-cores against Intel Core i9 11900KF (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 Apple M1 Max and Intel Core i9 11900KF
Advantages of Apple M1 Max
  • Newer released 0 years later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Has 32 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 14
Advantages of Intel Core i9 11900KF

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1544
1664
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
12507
16224
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
m1 max +7%
3872
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
22551
25340
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
m1 max +1%
1800
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
m1 max +18%
12695

Specifications

Full technical specification of m1 max and core i9 11900kf

General

Apple M1 Max Intel Core i9 11900KF
Vendor Apple Intel
Released October 18 2021 March 16 2021
Type Laptop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Rocket Lake
Socket FCLGA1200
Integrated GPU Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU

Performance

Apple M1 Max Intel Core i9 11900KF
Cores 10 8
Threads 10 16
Base Frequency GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency GHz 5.2 GHz
L1 Cache 2.9 MB 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 28 MB 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 48 MB 16 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Power

Apple M1 Max Intel Core i9 11900KF
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 11900KF
Memory types DDR4-3200
Memory Size GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 50 GB/s
ECC Support No No

iGPU

Apple M1 Max Intel Core i9 11900KF
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
10.4 TFLOPS

Misc

Apple M1 Max Intel Core i9 11900KF
Official site Apple M1 Max official page Intel Core i9 11900KF official page
PCI Express Version 4
PCI Express Lanes 20

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i9 11900KF or Apple M1 Max?