intel core i9 12900kf vs apple m1 pro
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We compared two CPUs Apple M1 Pro (Laptop) 10-cores against Intel Core i9 12900KF (Desktop) 16-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
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M1 Pro
- More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7
Advantages of Intel Core i9 12900KF
- Newer released 0 years later
- Has 6 more physical cores
- Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size
- 38% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 3.22 GHz)
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| Apple M1 Pro | Intel Core i9 12900KF | |
| Vendor | Apple | Intel |
| Released | October 18 2021 | October 27 2021 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Alder Lake, Golden Cove, Gracemont | |
| Socket | FCLGA1700 | |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU |
Performance
| Apple M1 Pro | Intel Core i9 12900KF | |
| Cores | 10 | 16 |
| Threads | 10 | 24 |
| Base Frequency | 2.064 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 3.22 GHz | 5.2 GHz |
| L1 Cache | 2.9 MB | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 28 MB | 1.25 MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 24 MB | 30 MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Power
| Apple M1 Pro | Intel Core i9 12900KF | |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | W | 125 W |
| Max. temperature | °C | 100°C |
Memory support
| Apple M1 Pro | Intel Core i9 12900KF | |
| Memory types | DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 | |
| Memory Size | GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | - | 76.8 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
iGPU
| Apple M1 Pro | Intel Core i9 12900KF | |
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU | |
| GPU Base Clock | 450 MHz | MHz |
| Shading Units | 2048 | |
| TMUs | 128 | |
| ROPs | 64 | |
| TGP | 30 W | W |
iGPU FLOPS
Misc
| Apple M1 Pro | Intel Core i9 12900KF | |
| Official site | Apple M1 Pro official page | Intel Core i9 12900KF official page |
| PCI Express Version | ||
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 |