intel core i9 12900hk vs apple m1

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We compared two CPUs Apple M1 (Desktop) 8-cores against Intel Core i9 12900HK (Laptop) 14-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 and Intel Core i9 12900HK
Advantages of Apple M1
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7
Advantages of Intel Core i9 12900HK
  • Newer released 2 years later
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • 36% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 3.2 GHz)

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
m1
1528
1945
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
m1
7810
18432
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
m1
3769
3778
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
m1
14821
29225
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
m1 +4%
1748
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
m1
8274
13659

Specifications

Full technical specification of m1 and core i9 12900hk

General

Apple M1 Intel Core i9 12900HK
Vendor Apple Intel
Released November 10 2020 January 4 2022
Type Desktop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake-H
Socket FCBGA1744
Integrated GPU Apple M1 8-Core GPU Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible

Performance

Apple M1 Intel Core i9 12900HK
Cores 8 14
Threads 8 20
Base Frequency 2.064 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 3.2 GHz 5 GHz
L1 Cache 2 MB 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 16 MB 1.25 MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Power

Apple M1 Intel Core i9 12900HK
Fabrication process 5 nm Intel 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) W 45 W
Max. temperature °C 100°C

Memory support

Apple M1 Intel Core i9 12900HK
Memory types DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Memory Size GB 64 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - -
ECC Support No No

iGPU

Apple M1 Intel Core i9 12900HK
Integrated Graphics Apple M1 8-Core GPU Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock MHz 1.45 MHz
Shading Units 1024 768
TMUs 64 48
ROPs 32 24
Execution Units 96
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
m1
2.6 TFLOPS
1.69 TFLOPS

Misc

Apple M1 Intel Core i9 12900HK
Official site Apple M1 official page Intel Core i9 12900HK official page
PCI Express Version 4
PCI Express Lanes 28

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i9 12900HK or Apple M1?