intel core i9 11980hk vs apple m1 pro

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We compared two CPUs Apple M1 Pro (Laptop) 10-cores against Intel Core i9 11980HK (Laptop) 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 Pro and Intel Core i9 11980HK
Advantages of Apple M1 Pro
  • Newer released 0 years later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10
Advantages of Intel Core i9 11980HK
  • 36% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 3.22 GHz)

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1544
1586
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
12199
14055
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
m1 pro +4%
1761
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
m1 pro +21%
12547

Specifications

Full technical specification of m1 pro and core i9 11980hk

General

Apple M1 Pro Intel Core i9 11980HK
Vendor Apple Intel
Released October 18 2021 May 11 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Tiger Lake H45
Socket FCBGA1787
Integrated GPU Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU Intel® UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel® Processors

Performance

Apple M1 Pro Intel Core i9 11980HK
Cores 10 8
Threads 10 16
Base Frequency 2.064 GHz 2.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 3.22 GHz 5 GHz
L1 Cache 2.9 MB 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 28 MB 1.25 MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24 MB 24 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Power

Apple M1 Pro Intel Core i9 11980HK
Fabrication process 5 nm 10 nm SuperFin
Power consumption (TDP) W 65 W
Max. temperature °C 100°C

Memory support

Apple M1 Pro Intel Core i9 11980HK
Memory types DDR4, DDR4
Memory Size GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 51.2 GB/s
ECC Support No No

iGPU

Apple M1 Pro Intel Core i9 11980HK
Integrated Graphics Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU Intel® UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel® Processors
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock MHz 1.45 MHz
Shading Units 2048 256
TMUs 128 16
ROPs 64 8
Execution Units 32
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
5.2 TFLOPS
0.742 TFLOPS

Misc

Apple M1 Pro Intel Core i9 11980HK
Official site Apple M1 Pro official page Intel Core i9 11980HK official page
PCI Express Version 4
PCI Express Lanes 20

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i9 11980HK or Apple M1 Pro?